Review limerick 23rd Jun Branch Line regained the winning thread with a determined display in the Croom House Stud Rated Race at Limerick.Andy Slattery's charge shaped like a smart prospect when making a successful debut a year ago but he was put away after a defeat in Listed company and has struggled to make his mark this year, albeit in strong company.Music Box put the pace to the race and was challenged by fellow 13-8 joint-favourite Ma Fee Heela, only for Branch Line (4-1) to come between the pair under Killian Leonard, and he denied Ma Fee Heela by a length.Leonard was at his strongest to get Avalanche home just in front in the Ballyduane Stud Handicap.The 13-2 shot was reappearing just five days on from his Cork triumph but showed no ill effects and pipped Old Time Waltz, another making a swift turnaround, by a head.Alans Pride proved too good for his Book Online At www.limerickraces.ie Claiming Race rivals as the 11-8 favourite, and his jockey Billy Lee followed up when Amenette took the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Fillies Maiden.The Joseph O'Brien-trained 12-1 chance hit the front around a furlong from home and kept going to account for Navajo Dreamer by three-quarters of a length.Lee completed a treble when Lovemenot justified 5-4 favouritism in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.It was a close call, though, as Willie McCreery's charge just held the late lunge of Pearl Of The West and Alaykha, with the minor placings reversed following a stewards' inquiry.Konig Hall (12-1) pipped Papal Motel in the Grant Thornton Apprentice Handicap, while St Lawrence Gap won the Limerick Racecourse Family Fun Day 9th July Handicap.There was also action at Down Royal, where the feature thetote.com Galway Plate Trial Handicap Chase went the way of Jessica Harrington's game 7-4 favourite Sandymount Duke.
