It was a night to remember for apprentice David Simmonson in Dundalk last night as he registered his first win since April 2013 on board top-weight Have A Nice Day in the seven-furlong Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Handicap. 

Johnny Levins’ long-term plan to have a crack at the Ayr Gold Cup with Your Pal Tal remains in place following the progressive five-year-old’s narrow victory over Majestic Timeline in the opening five-furlong handicap in Dundalk last night.

The Michael Halford-trained Zarib emerged as the best prospect on show in Dundalk last night, the Declan McDonogh-ridden colt proving an emphatic winner of the Irish Stallion Farms Median Auction 2-Y-0 Maiden over a mile.