It’s a fair way from Carrigtwohill, Co Cork to Dundalk, but Timjoe can justify another trip up the motorway by landing the concluding Fund Raising Made Easy At |Dundalk Handicap on the all-weather tonight.

Jacksonslady is the nap choice in the Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap on the all-weather this evening.

Lines Of Battle landed the listed Star Appeal 2-Y-0 Stakes for Ballydoyle in convincing style in Dundalk last night.

Trainer Michael Halford, who declared on Thursday: “I have a team of fresh horses ready to run here over the next few weeks” dominated last night’s handicap action in Dundalk, saddling a superb four-timer at cumulative odds of almost 682/1.

A SINGLE winner for reigning champion Pat Smullen at Dundalk last night, leaves Johnny Murtagh with a 93-88 lead in the title-race entering the final meeting of the 2009 season at Dundalk tonight, when champion elect Murtagh must sit out the action due to a one-day suspension.

Starluck leaped into the Champion Hurdle picture as he oozed class in winning the sportingbet.com Hurdle at Cheltenham.