Review dundalk 4th Sep

< East Meets West bounced back from a disappointing show at Group Three level in the Acomb Stakes at York to land the Louth/Meath/Westmeath ITBA Race at Dundalk.

With rain and wind making conditions grim for the juveniles, Colm O'Donoghue always had Aidan O'Brien's colt (100-30) on the front end along with favourite Pitlochry

The pair saw off a couple of challengers in the straight and then battled all the way to the line, where East Meets West held Pitlochry's determined bid by a head.

Billy Lee was taken to hospital with suspected rib or lung injuries after a nasty incident in the first division of the Bookings At dundalkstadium.com Handicap won by 5-4 favourite Akinspirit

His mount Winnie Minnie suffered a fatal fall 50 yards from the line, with Peccatorum and Caracal subsequently brought down. Fran Berry and Emmet McNamara were reported to have escaped serious injury.

Berry had earlier won on Backbench Blues who put up a highly encouraging debut performance when second at Down Royal in July and stepped forward in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden.

Jessie Harrington's youngster (8-11 favourite) sat just behind the leaders coming down the straight and Berry drove him through a gap on the rail late on to beat Shukhov by a length and a half.

Mick Halford's Katherine Lee (9-2) broke her duck at the sixth attempt with an authoritative victory in the LMFM Birthday Bash At Dundalk Stadium Maiden.

Shane Foley always had the filly in the front rank and after shaking off favourite Dreams And Desires two furlongs out, she ran on strongly to hold Sweet Rhythm by two and a half lengths.

Austin Leahy's Big Bad Lily (11-2) defied a 6lb ratings rise for a Cork victory in the www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap, Ben Curtis driving her ahead a furlong out to score by a length and a quarter.

The two-mile LMFM Raceday Handicap went to the Joanna Morgan-trained A Hit Is A Hit (8-1), who stormed clear in the final furlong to win by five lengths under Wayne Lordan.