Review galway 6th Sep

< Tocororo ran way with the Grade Three Ballybrit Novice Chase at Galway.

The four-year-old filly was in receipt of all the allowances and Jack Kennedy seemed intent on taking full advantage on the Gordon Elliott-trained 2-1 favourite, heading stablemate Tiger Roll at the last fence on the first circuit.

The pair were a long way clear of the remainder already at that point and Tocororo never really looked in any danger, coasting home with a 16-length advantage.

The market suggested that Willie Mullins would dominate the Deacy Gilligan EBF Mares Hurdle and that is how it proved, although not in the order the market suggested.< Retour En France was sent off at odds-on on her first start for the champion trainer and tracked front-running stable companion Airlie Beach (6-5), but had no answer when the leader quickened away after jumping two out, and Airlie Beach strolled home five and a half lengths to the good.

That completed a brace for Paul Townend, initiated by Cable (3-1) in the O'Leary Insurances Maiden Hurdle.

However, there may have been an element of luck about his two-and-a-half-length defeat of stablemate Ceide Fields because he was being strongly pressed for the lead by Mr Antolini when that one crashed out at the last.

Davy Russell bounced back from that spill to land the Nutritional Therapy Ireland Maiden Hurdle just half an hour later on the 11-4 chance Static Jack < Pyrus Gold Wind and Samanntom went a long way clear from quite early on in the Anglo Printers 1890 624 624 Handicap Hurdle but the writing was on the wall two out when the pack closed right up.< Father Jed swooped at that point and raced clear to beat the staying-on Celtic Monarch by two and three-quarter lengths at odds of 14-1.

Cable's trainer Steve Mahon doubled up when He Rock's (10-1) took the Colm Quinn BMW Handicap Chase, while Jessie Harrington's The Birdie Crowe proved too strong in the Weatherbys Ireland Mares Flat Race.