Lyons & Latham Dominate Dundalk Again

Ger Lyons and Keagan Latham combined for a fifty seven and a half to one double at Dundalk, courtesy of Turk in the 3.40 and Young Jemmy half-an-hour later.

The former, in the colours of the trainer's wife, Lynne, kept on well under pressure to lead close home, defying top-weight in the Collon Handicap, prompting Lyons to say: "We decided to drop him in today and he's a horse that has been improving all year. He'll go for a similar handicap next and to Goffs at the end of the season."

A sixteenth win at the track this year for the trainer and a sixth for the rider was achieved when Young Jemmy short-headed Girouette in the Blackrock Handicap. Afterwards Lyons was understandably full of praise for his stable jockey.

He said: "Keagan has been a big addition to the yard and he gave this fellow a great ride. When this meeting was advertised I thought this handicap would suit Young Jemmy perfectly and it's worked out well."

In the featured Listed Ruby Stakes, Mystical Lady and favourite, Mr Medici battled it out from a furlong out and the first-named got on top on the line to prevail by the minimum margin.

Colm O'Donoghue said of Aidan O'Brien's Halling filly: "She deserved to win that. She has gone from strength to strength and the ground and track suited her here. Aidan told me this morning that she wouldn't get beaten." Of course Aidan O'Brien also had the first winner at Killarney, New Zealand

Fran Berry registered a just over 41/1 double on Headford View for James Halpin in the 5.15 and on the first-time blinkered Sydney Sling in the following Castlebellingham Handicap. Sydney Sling was adding to the gains of John Oxx, trainer of the featured winner at Killarney, Kargali

The debutante, Three Rocks was popular at 7/2 this morning for the Oriel Maiden, and the Rock Of Gibraltar colt didn't let his backers down, beating Archmani by one and three parts of a length.

Jim Bolger 's charge led a furlong and a half out under Kevin Manning and the three-year-old kept on well to score in the six furlong event. The colt was justifying odds of 7/4 favouritism.

Meanwhile in the opener, the Ravensdale Maiden, Paddy The Pro came on sufficiently from his slow starting debut to beat Oasis Express by one three parts of a length for Tommy Stack and Michael Hussey.

Elsewhere, Harry Rogers and Chris Hayes made up for the defeat of their well-fancied Vertigo On Course (12s in the morning into 6/1) who went down by a neck to Turk earlier in the afternoon. On his eighth and final ride of the session, the Limerick man got 20/1 chance, Solo Performer home by a neck in the concluding second division of the Castlebellingham Handicap. Runner-up here was the big morning market-mover, Laurel Creek (EM)