Review BELLEWSTOWN 17TH AUG

Ruby Walsh was the man to follow once again, at Bellewstown, as the champion partnered a double.

Martin Brassil's Chemin D'Or, who has been the subject of a few unsuccessful gambles this season, came good with a battling victory in the Tote Ireland 75th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle.

Walsh hit the front before the last on the 100/30f and kept him going all the way to the line to hold the late finish of Ali Bava by two lengths.

Sorry Al (11/10f) completed the quick brace when gaining an overdue win in the Kelly Green Laytown Maiden Hurdle.

Charlie Swan's gelding has been placed four times this season but got off the mark in comfortable fashion when scoring by seven lengths from Flaming James.

English raider Red Damson proved an easy winner of the concluding Ray White Auctioneers (QR) Race under Peter Fahey.

Sir Mark Prescott's decision to send the gelding over for the conditions event paid off handsomely as the 9/10f pulled right away in the straight for a 14-length victory.

1/2f Ease The Way had to work to secure his victory in the Dunsany Construction Hurdle. Paul Carberry was niggling from the third last before he asserted in the straight for a five-length victory over Cellarmaster.

Lightning Hit (11/10f) also had to fight to gain a neck win in the opening Tally Ho Stud Median Auction Maiden while Marias Dream was produced late by Jason Behan to gain a deserved success in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.

Star Of Russia got the better of a good scrap with Stef's Girl to claim the first division of the Ulster Bank Handicap while Dalwich swooped to deny Appraise in the second division.

Patrick Prendergast will try and claim some black type with Mistress Bailey after a battling success in the Tattersalls Ireland Fillies Auction Race at Sligo.

The daughter of Mister Baileys stuck to her guns well, under Colm O'Donoghue, to get the better of Silly Dancer by a head in the conditions event.

'She's a smart filly and possibly capable of picking up some black type. Things went a bit wayward with her on her last two starts,' said Prendergast.

Niall McCullagh notched a double on a wet night at the course when Iron Hague and Crafty Eyed claimed the two divisions of the Sligo Race Supporters Club Handicap.

Iron Hague got the better of long-time leader Shamsada inside the final furlong to claim the first division by three-quarters-of-a-length while Crafty Eyed held off the challenge of Goose Island by the same margin in the second division.

Three members of the Irish jump jockeys squad that toured Australia, Bobby Molloy, Tom Ryan and Denis O'Regan, partnered their first winners since returning from 'down under'.

Molloy struck on The Tricky Bricky in the Glenman Corporation Maiden Hurdle while Apollo One ran out a convincing winner for Ryan in the Londis Supermarket Handicap Hurdle. No Sound took the Terry Casey Memorial Maiden Hurdle for O'Regan.