CELTIC DANE, an unlucky fifth in the contest a year ago, made no mistake in the valuable Tote Mile EBF Handicap at a miserably wet and windy Galway last night.

“I’M a natural lightweight”, quipped Robbie McNamara, very much tongue-in-cheek, after the 19-year-old had powered Dermot Weld’s Majestic Concorde to victory in the GPT Handicap at the first stage of the Galway Festival last night.

DAVY RUSSELL continued his relentless pursuit of a first jockey’s title when guiding well-backed Kingsmaster to a smooth successs in the Waterford and Tramore Supporters’ Club Maiden Hurdle at the final stage of the Tramore Festival yesterday.

DAVY RUSSELL continued his relentless pursuit of a first jockey’s title when guiding well-backed Kingsmaster to a smooth successs in the Waterford and Tramore Supporters’ Club Maiden Hurdle at the final stage of the Tramore Festival yesterday.

LOYAL FOCUS, fresh from a lucrative Galway, can land the AIB Hurdle at Tramore this evening.

THE Dermot Weld-trained Loyal Focus foiled a big gamble on Essex in the GPT Handicap at the first stage of the Galway Festival last night.

SIXTEEN-years-old Patrick Mullins can enjoy his biggest success to date aboard Diego Garcia, trained by his father, Willie, in the Denny Havasnack Race at Tralee this afternoon.

A MASSIVE gamble went astray on Aidan O'Brien's Hitchcock in the Guinness Handicap at Galway last night.

THE tough Euro Leader has the qualities needed to land the featured GPT Handicap at the first stage of the Galway Festival this evening.

ATHLUMNEY LAD is a hopeful choice to win the Guinness Gold Cup at Tralee this afternoon.

EDWARD O'GRADY, absent at his uncle the legendary P P Hogan's funeral, missed seeing Kentucky Charm land the GPT Handicap at the first stage of the Galway Festival last night.

CALLOW LAKE is a hopeful choice to land as wide open a Guinness Galway Hurdle as there has ever been at Ballybrit this afternoon.

CHARLES BYRNES, a trainer with a terrific record on the big occasion, did it again at the first stage of Galway last night when Rockstown Boy finished late and fast to decisively land the GPT Handicap.

DEFI, the most experienced horse in the field - along with outsider, Mickey Shoes - gets the nap to take the GPT Access Equipment EBF Maiden at the first stage of the Galway Festival this evening.

AIDAN O’BRIEN and Jamie Spencer left the disappointment of Antonius Pius’ display in yesterday’s July Cup at Newmarket readily behind them when the exciting Excalibur proved far too good for his rivals in the Festival Race at Tipperary last night.

LEOPARDSTOWN tomorrow is going to be a big day for Dermot Weld as two of his stable stars, Refuse To Bend and Vinnie Roe, return to action.

PAT HUGHES’ Blue Away has to be the choice to land the two mile Kerry Spring Handicap at Galway this afternoon.

NOEL MEADE was loud in his praise of Paul Carberry, after the duo had combined to take the Sean Barrett Bloodstock Insurances-Aon Group Handicap Chase in front of an attendance of 3,500 at Tipperary last night.

MICHAEL O'BRIEN'S Wotsitoyaa is the choice to land a fiercely competitive looking Hewlett Packard Galway Plate at Ballybrit this afternoon.

Former smart bumper horse Quadco put recent problems behind him to land the featured GPT Handicap at the opening session of the Galway Festival last night.

QUADCO, a horse who threatened to be a champion in the early part of his career, made a mockery of the handicapper when taking the GPT Handicap by a whopping 14 lengths at Ballybrit last night.