Review killarney 24th Aug

< Snow Falcon lit up Killarney with a sparkling performance in the Laurels Pub & Restaurant Kingdom Gold Cup Handicap.

One of the best staying hurdlers around, Noel Meade's 11-4 favourite made the mile-and-six-furlong event a true test by making his own running.

He kicked clear early in the straight and although Bayan and Sea The Lion tried to make inroads, the gap was too large and Snow Falcon passed the post two and three-quarter lengths to the good.< Max Dynamite (4-9 favourite) was another to show his class, proving much too good for his John Lane & Sons Tralee (Q.R.) Race rivals.

Willie Mullins' 2015 Melbourne Cup runner-up sauntered up to front-runner Sandymount Duke a furlong from the finish and Patrick Mullins didn't have to get serious at all for him to stretch three lengths away.< Mantracker (4-1) upset odds-on favourite Andesh in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden.

Pat Smullen was able to dictate terms to suit himself on the market leader and, to his credit, he battled well when pressed by Mantracker, although the Willie McCreery-trained debutant had too much firepower in the closing stages and prevailed by half a length.

Smullen gained some compensation when getting Ojinjintka home in the International Hotel Killarney Handicap.

Having mastered the front-running Greenpanda Smullen then had to hold off the late thrust of Dignified Air on Harry Rogers' 6-1 shot, doing so by a neck.< Mr Adjudicator (4-1) had top weight in the Ross Golf Course Apprentice Handicap but Killian Leonard sent him for home early in the straight and he ran right the way to the line to beat Binary Code by five and a half lengths.

There was also jumping action, with the Owens McCarthy Claims Specialists Handicap Chase going the way of Tisamystery (5-1).< Presenting Julio (7-4 favourite) took the Kelly Foley & Co. In Association With Lloyd Fitzpatrick Handicap Chase, while Don't Tell No One (7-2) won the Killarney Oaks Hotel Beginners Chase.