Review DUNDALK 24th Oct

< Borderlescott displayed guts to match his quality when holding on to claim the spoils in the Listed Mercury Stakes.

The Nunthorpe winner was the class act of the field and was sent off the 4-5 favourite as a result.

Having tracked the pacesetters, he took some time to hit the front but once he did, he was never going to be passed and held the late thrust of Invincible Ash by a neck.

Fran Berry made up some ground in the title race when Jalmira gained her revenge on She's Our Mark in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Race.

Charlie Swan's 3-1 chance had finished behind her rival three times this season but Berry raced on the outside of the favourite in second and gained first run.

She hit the front a quarter of a mile out, while She's Our Mark was switched for her effort, and she never looked like being caught, eventually beating Miss Gorica by a length and a half, with She's Our Mark third.

Stephen Hunter is rapidly making a name for himself at Ballydoyle and struck on Desert Eagle (3-1) for the Aidan O'Brien team in the Blockbuster Environmental Median Maiden Auction.

The Hawk Wing colt was forced to race wide from stall 11 but Hunter produced him with his effort at the furlong-pole and he stuck to his guns to beat Way West by half a length.

Chris Geoghegan was also seen to good effect on Matjar bringing the 10-1 chance with a well-timed challenge to beat Titus Academy by a head in the European Mortgages Apprentice Handicap.

The application of blinkers worked the oracle for Leandros who carried top-weight to his third course victory in the Cumiskey Real Estates Handicap as the 2-1 favourite, while the same combination of Ger Lyons and Keagan Latham doubled up with Cosmic Breeze (7-1) in the European Mortgages Nursery.

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