Tipperary Racing Scene

Jack Doyle saddled his first winner as a trainer when No Mon No Fun came with a late challenge to take the second of the maiden hurdles at Ballinrobe on Tuesday.

The Martin Cullinane-owned five-year-old was only a fourth runner for Holycross-based Doyle who only took out his licence in early June, taking over from his father Pat. Ridden by Philip Donovan, the 18/1 chance flashed home to get the better of Henry de Bromhead’s 11/4 shot Sharu by half a length.

An identical winning margin was recorded as Eye Of The Tiger took the two-mile one-furlong handicap hurdle for John Ryan and jockey JJ Slevin.

The six-year-old, a 4/1 chance in her trainer’s own colours, battled well on the run-in to win from the Donal Cummins-trained 14/1 shot Eye Contact, giving Ryan his third successive win in the race.

Adam Ryan took the concluding bumper on the Vinny Byrne and Ollie Dunne Partnership-owned Ealu Tapa.

A well-supported 7/2 chance for trainer Peter Fahey, the five-year-old went clear inside the final furlong to score by four and three-parts of a length from David Broad’s 12/1 shot Millers Point and Harry Swan.

At Wexford on Wednesday, Phillip Enright rode back-to-back winners for trainers Sam Curling and Andy Slattery. Both horses were returned 9/4 favourites and won by 11 lengths.

The Curling-trained Queenofthelodge, owned by the Sink Or Swim Syndicate, led before the fourth-last fence and had loads in hand of Henry de Bromhead’s 5/2 chance Los Blanco, despite jumping to his right at the final fence, in the two-mile three-furlong handicap chase.

In the three-mile handicap chase, Enright made much of the running on Slattery’s eight-year-old Ceroc to beat Philip Rothwell’s 11/2 shot Dorans Law for owner Kay Russell.

Paddy Twomey won the Listed Arqana Irish EBF Marwell Stakes with the 11/1 chance Big Negotiator at Naas on Wednesday.

Owned by Bond Thoroughbred, she made much of the running under Wayne Lordan to beat Harry Eustace’s raider Shimmering Sun, a 2/1 shot, by a length and a quarter.

It was a second winner on the evening for Lordan who had earlier taken the opening two-year-old maiden over six furlongs won Aidan O'Brien’s 2/1 chance Man’s Best Friend. He scored by two and a quarter lengths from the Josh Halley-trained 16/1 chance Zoar.

Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore were the big winners at Leopardstown on Thursday evening where they took both Group 3 races on the card.

The 1/6 favourite Alpha overcame a slow start to win the Saudi Cup Silver Flash Stakes but it was tight at the line as she just held the late surge of Joseph O'Brien’s 20/1 chance Dancing Destiny to win by a head.

It was far easier for the 7/2 shot Florida Bay who made all the running in the Japan Racing Association Tyros Stakes, beating Joseph O'Brien’s 6/4 favourite Folsom Blues by a length and a quarter.

Evanna McCutcheon gave Liam Keniry his first winner in Ireland in 26 years when saddling the two-year-old Hanney Boy to take the opening five-furlong maiden at Cork on Friday.

An 8/11 favourite in the colours of Alison Jones, he made much of the running and held the late lunge of Andy Slattery’s 11/1 chance Blooming Sally by a shorthead.

Keniry, who has ridden over 1,000 winners in Britain, last scored in Ireland on Violet Blue for trainer Matin Doran on the grass at Dundalk in 2000 when he was claiming 10lbs.

The Kevin Coleman-trained 6/5 favourite Kasper Hauser was an all-the-way winner of the opening two-mile three-furlong maiden hurdle for four-year-olds at Kilbeggan on Friday.

Ridden by Calum Hogan, the Trevor Payne/One In A Million Syndicate-owned grey saw off the challenge of the Josh Halley-trained Rosarian from the final hurdle to score by three and three-parts of a length.

In the colours of Kay Russell, O'Grady Cracker won the second division of the two and a quarter-mile handicap hurdle. Trained by Andy Slattery and ridden by JJ Slevin, the 14/1 chance went clear over the final hurdle to beat Oliver McKiernan’s 10/1 shot Thirsty Work by twelve lengths.

Joey Sheridan landed a double at Gowran Park on Saturday when riding winners for Mullinavat trainer William Delahunty and Joseph O'Brien.

Delahunty took the opening division of the seven-furlong handicap with the nine-year-old Hero Of The Hour. Owned by his son Michael, the 11/4 chance made all the running and held the Maurice Walsh-trained 5/2 favourite Liamo by three-parts of a length at the line.

O'Brien wrapped up the week with a treble and Sheridan played his part when taking the eight-furlong fillies’ maiden on the Janine Byrne-owned Duchess Of Kenli.

A 7/1 chance, she was well on top in beating Henry de Bromhead’s 11/4 shot Wearing Stars by a length and a quarter. conditions’ race.

The MCR International-owned Hambleton landed the eight-furlong handicap for David Marnane and Luke McAteer.

A very warm 6/5 favourite, the three-year-old made most of the running to win by half a length from the Ado McGuinness-trained 9/1 chance No More Porter.

The Denis Hogan-trained Hexagonal, owned by the T&M Partnership, had far more to spare as he took the nine-furlong apprentice handicap.

Reese Holohan got the 10/1 chance to the front well inside the final furlong and he had two and a quarter lengths to spare over the Denise Foster-trained 9/2 shot Duchess Anne.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Galway – Wednesday, July 29 (First race 5.05pm)

Galway – Thursday, July 30 (First race 2.10pm)

Galway – Friday, July 31 (First race 5.00pm)

Galway – Saturday, August 1(First race 2.02pm)

Galway – Sunday, August 2 (First race 1.50pm)

Naas – Monday, August 3rd (first race 1.47pm)

Cork – Monday, August 3rd (first race 3.00pm)

Roscommon – Tuesday, August 4th (first race 5.25pm)