< Beckoning s victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden was the highlight of a Dundalk double for new champion jockey Colin Keane.
There was substantial money for the daughter of Kodiac and she ended up going off the even-money favourite on her first taste of competitive action.< Trophy Doll under Keane's big rival Pat Smullen, gave a bold sight on the front end, but Keane came with a withering run on Ger Lyons' filly, who had her head down where it mattered as they flashed past the post almost as one.
Her stable companion Palariva struck at the second time of asking in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.
Keane moved the 3-1 chance up to sit second before going on two furlongs out, and she kept up the gallop to account for outsider Greengage by a length.
The impeccably-bred Clear Skies got off the mark as the even-money favourite in the DKIT Students Union Race Night Maiden.
The Aidan O'Brien-trained half-sister to Motivator is just finding her stride at the age of four and proved a length too good for Vienna Circle
There was a thrilling finish to the DKIT Students Union Handicap, with five or six separated by less than a length.
The verdict went the way of Arbourfield (8-1), who denied Mr Ormsby by a nose, with Silk Cravat and Rose Anjou right in the mix as well.< Koybig (3-1 joint-favourite) gained his revenge on his recent course conqueror Indian Tomahawk in the Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap, with Turn On The Tears third, as she was in that same race 12 days ago.< Teo's Music (33-1) broke her duck in the Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Handicap, while divisions one and two of the Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap went to Sleepy Head (5-2) and Tropic Thunder (40-1) respectively.
