A native of the locality, Leigh Roche (20th winner of his best ever season) rode 9/2 favourite Botanical Lady to a convincing win in the Arthur Guinness Handicap at Galway.

Second here on Monday night behind Expensive Taste Harry Rogers' filly comprehensively reversed form with that one (ninth here) when making most in the extended mile event for a comfortable three and three parts of a length win from Dashing Dynamo

Roche said: "She done it well. She can be keen in behind and we decided that if she was the same here we'd let her go on.

"She's tough and hardy though the ground probably wasn't ideal.

"She was very unlucky here the other night as she got no run through the race."

Meanwhile Rogers commented: "It was nice to get that – she deserved it.

"She's hard to settle and we said that if she pulled we'd let her stride on.

"I'd say the ground is not ideal for her. She's in again at Naas on Monday and if she comes out of this alright she'll run there. Leigh gets on very well with her." (AM & EM)