Wayne Lordan after a great night's work© Photo Healy Racing
< Bittern s victory in the Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap was the highlight of a Wayne Lordan treble at Dundalk.
Back to form when touched off over course and distance on her previous outing, the ex-Godolphin filly went one better, but it was a close call.
Having mastered long-time leader Sharjah in the final furlong, the Emmet Mullins-trained 5-1 shot then kept Ringside Humor a head at bay to give her handler his first victory on the Flat.< Victorious Secret kickstarted Lordan's three-timer when confirming the promise of her debut third here by going two better in the Big Bad Bob Maiden.
Tommy Stack's 6-4 favourite got a split between La Fleur De Force and Nuala Tagula at the furlong pole and quickened through it well to score by three-quarters of a length.
Lordan finished the night as he started it, with victory on Reckless Lad in the Floodlit Friday Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap.< Chiclet (100-30) made every post a winning one in the Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap.
Tracey Collins' filly ran too badly to be true when last behind the reopposing Danz Gift only a fortnight ago but proved that all wrong when seeing off her opponents from the front under Pat Smullen, beating Fast In The Wind by a length and a quarter.< Bairns At Bay was another all-the-way winner, this time in the Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Maiden, and the application of blinkers worked the oracle for the Ger Lyons-trained 11-8 market leader, who saw off Stamp Of Authority by two lengths.< Red Rannagh held on in a thrilling finish to the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden.
Backed down to 11-8 favouritism, the Teofilo colt made his own running under Seamie Heffernan and responded really well to pressure to repel the late thrust of Ebadan by a short head.
The first and second divisions of the Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Handicap went the way of Empresario (4-1) and Shukhov (4-1 favourite) respectively.
