< Tandem (12-1) has rediscovered his zest for racing this year and scooped the valuable Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Nasrullah' Handicap at Leopardstown.
The eight-year-old only made one appearance in 2016, when down the field at the Dubai Carnival, but Dermot Weld has coaxed him back to life for victories at Tipperary and the Curragh.
He was taking on some far less exposed opponents in this & euro;100,000 contest but after hitting the front halfway down the straight, kept going admirably for Pat Smullen to keep Ceol Na Nog three-quarters of a length at bay.< Lightening Fast (7-2) regained the winning thread with a determined display in the Clayton Hotel Leopardstown Handicap.< Ontheiflist appeared to have the race sewn up when approaching the furlong pole with a clear advantage, but Colin Keane produced the Ger Lyons-trained winner with a well-timed challenge and he then held the late lunge of I'm So Fancy by a neck.
Aidan O'Brien's Easter Lily fourth behind classy stablemate September on her introduction, made it second-time lucky in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.
The 2-1 favourite sat outsider leader Zelzar until kicking on two furlongs out, and she saw out her race really well to dispose of Adaliya by a length and three-quarters.< Fior Cliste defied an absence of 257 days to break through in the Pickerings Lifts Maiden.
Jim Bolger's gelding was last seen running down the field in a course-and-distance maiden won by Cliffs Of Moher but has improved during his time off, judging by this two-length defeat of fellow 7-2 co-favourite Bay Of Skaill
Five passed the furlong marker almost as one in the Leopardstown Summer Pass Handicap but it was 5-1 chance Jan Van Eyck who pulled out most, crossing the line a length ahead of Tarazani < Elusive Time (12-1) defied top weight in the Hothouse Flowers Handicap, while Jessica Harrington's good chaser Sandymount Duke took the Leopardstown Membership (Q.R.) Maiden.
