< Tsar Paul may have earned himself a trip to Irish Guineas weekend at the Curragh after recording an impressive success in the www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap.< Napoleon Dynamite led the field into the straight but Pat Smullen sat motionless on Tsar Paul before pushing his mount out to to the line to score readily.
Winning trainer James Nash said of his 6-4 favourite: "He could go for a six-furlong handicap at the Curragh on Sunday week.
"I was just a bit disappointed with the prize money there though, when you consider it's Guineas day."< Diamond Fire had to be withdrawn from the race after heading to the start without the blinkers he was declared to wear being applied.< Miss Velocity put up a determined effort from the front to land the Crowne Plaza - Race & Stay Package Handicap for Andrew Oliver.
"She deserves that. She's a model of consistency and is as tough as anything," said Oliver.
"She loves racing and if she saw the lorry in the yard she would nearly jump in and drive it herself!"
Tom McCourt's Big Typhoon (20-1) put two previous no-shows behind him to record a determined short-head success in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.
"He did a great bit of work the week before last so it wasn't a total surprise," said McCourt.
"He's such a big baby I didn't know if he would get it together over five furlongs even though he's bred to be a sprinter."
Aidan O'Brien's Catherineofaragon justified odds of 1-5 in the www.dundalkstadium.com Maiden and jockey Johnny Murtagh went on to complete a double on the Willie McCreery-trained Charminamix (8-1) in the Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Handicap.
There was a pulsating finish to the Hen & Stag Packages Handicap but after a tense photo-finish, the The Lock Master was named the narrow winner from Historic Occasion
