Federici proved himself on course for next week’s Punchestown Festival when coasting to an emphatic victory in the Next racing At Fairyhouse June 2nd Handicap Hurdle in Fairyhouse yesterday.

Barry Geraghty had his 30-day ban for his ride on Noble Emperor at Limerick quashed after a lengthy appeal at the Irish Turf Club.

The impressive hurdling debutant Up For Review and Open Eagle provided Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh with a double in the maiden hurdle action at Fairyhouse yesterday.

On his first ride back, having been shaken in a fall at Limerick on Sunday, Paul Townend triumphed for his trainer/father Tim on Kala Brandy in the opening Ladies Free Admission This Evening Mares Maiden Hurdle in Clonmel last night.

Brian Hayes made a daring move up the inside to deliver a winning challenge on the Shark Hanlon-trained Abolitionist in the featured Belvedere House Gardens & Park Handicap Chase in Kilbbegan last night, second leg of a double for the rider, successful earlier on Aunt Alice for the Bowe family.

Although off the track for more than a year, Off The Mark should not be opposed in the Tullamore Maiden Hurdle in Kilbeggan tonight.

The gutsy seven-year-old Ravished bagged the €40,000 McSweeney Arms Hotel Killarney National for Mouse Morris, Gigginstown House Stud and Bryan Cooper in Killarney last night.

 

Rubi Light got the better of He’llberemembered after a titanic tussle to land the featured Arctic Tack Stud Veterans Handicap Chase in Wexford yesterday.

Until Winning took advantage of a lenient rating to win at Ludlow on his third race following a 22-month absence.

Dethroned at Cheltenham last March and beaten again by his arch-rival at the Punchestown Festival, former dual-champion Hurricane Fly turned the tables on reigning champion Jezki in the Grade 1 Stanjames.com Morgiana Hurdle in Puncehstown yesterday.

Liz Doyle’s Kauto Grand Mogol, a half-brother to Kauto Star, certainly shapes as a horse for the future, on the basis of an impressive debut over jumps in the www.limerickraces.ie Maiden Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

Back at the scene of an effortless bumper success at the Festival, the classy Windsor Park proved the star of yesterday’s action in Galway, coasting to a smooth success over Marchese Marconi in the www.swordsecurity.com Amateur Race.

Ruby Walsh retained his unbeaten record since his lengthy absence when partnering Old Castletown to an all-the-way win in the opening maiden hurdle in Tramore yesterday.

"You wouldn’t have given him a better ride than that yourself," quipped course commentator Dessie Scahill to Charlie Swan in the winner’s enclosure, after Jonathan Burke had partnered the trainer’s The Game Change to land the featured Download The Free Racing Post Mobile App Handicap Hurdle at Killarney last night.

The Galway Plate is on the agenda for both Art Of Logistics and Away We Go following wins at Punchestown last evening.

Pageboy, ridden by Paul Townend, gave trainer David Wachman his first chase success in almost eight years (since Manjoe won at Navan in June 2006) when landing the Free Admission For Under 18’s At All Meetings Beginners Chase at Fairyhouse last evening.

Pass The Hat threw his cap into the ring for the Irish Grand National when holding the challenge of Kylecrue to capture the Carrickmines Handicap Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

Bryan Cooper rode his first ever winner for Willie Mullins when guiding Gigginstown House Stud’s Don Poli to victory in the INH Stallion Owners’ EBF Maiden Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.

On a day when Adrian Heskin and trainer-rider John Cullen shared the riding honours with doubles, the Henry de Bromhead-trained Sizing Codelco looked the day’s best prospect for the future when justifying odds-on favouritism in the €25 Punters Pack Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

Donald McCain and Jason Maguire took the honours with a pre-Christmas treble at Catterick yesterday.

Tony McCoy admits it will be a relief to bag his 4,000th winner as he moved to within one of the landmark total by steering Minella For Steak to victory at Chepstow yesterday.

The starting of races in Ireland, which has long been a bone of contention, reached farcical proportions for the opening Maiden Hurdle at Tramore yesterday.

Pat Flynn’s Prince Chaparral became the only horse to win twice at the festival when landing the Supporters’ Club Maiden Hurdle at the final stage of Tramore yesterday.

On an afternoon when the last two winners of the Galway Hurdle, Rebel Fitz and Missunited, both trained by Michael Winters, were paraded, it was appropriate that Anshan Dreams should land the Cork Handicap Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Ruby Walsh shone in the saddle as Call Me Bubbles got up to beat Shamiran in the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle, the only jumps race on the card at Galway.

Davy Russell, on his first day back following an operation to repair a lung, drove Mr Cracker to victory in the featured Kevin Broderick Memorial Handicap Chase at Listowel yesterday.

Ruby Walsh began his afternoon in style by guiding Colin McBratney’s Toye Native to victory in the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares’ Maiden Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

Cause Of Causes, winner of the valuable Ladbroke in Ascot before Christmas, followed-up when getting the better of Midnight Games in a fascinating battle for the three-runner Follow Navan On Facebook Hurdle in Navan yesterday.

Ruby Walsh left Taunton with a double yesterday, courtesy of two young hopefuls from the Paul Nicholls academy, after trainer Venetia Williams and jockey Aidan Coleman had heaped pain on the bookmakers by providing three of the seven winning favourites.

Arvika Ligeonniere has secured his second consecutive Grade One prize with another fine front-running display in the Racing Post Novice Chase at Leopardstown.

The Colm Murphy-trained Rye Martini continued the impressive early season form being enjoyed by Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud when making a successful racecourse debut in the opening maiden hurdle on yesterday’s truncated card at Tipperary.

Local hero Shay Barry thrilled his supporters with a 47/1 double on Ordinary Man and Days Ahead in Tramore yesterday.

The Arthur Moore-trained Claragh Native completed back-to-back wins in the Win A Diamond Ring Today Handicap Hurdle when landing a tidy gamble under an ultra-confident Davy Russell in Downpatrick yesterday.

Dysart Dancer, far from one hundred per cent in the morning, stripped fit and well to land the 2012 Tramore Races Centenary Year Maiden Hurdle at the seaside venue yesterday.

Niall ‘Boots’ Madden continued his amazing run of success for owner J P McManus when Whatever It Takes landed a tidy gamble in the featured E.P.S. Pumps Handicap Hurdle in Ballinrobe last night.

“It’s a long way to come for f*** all,” said an irate Ted Walsh after his hot-pot, Summer Star, was left about 15 lengths at the start of the Tote Jackpot Mares’ Maiden Hurdle at Limerick last night.

Successful twice on the flat recently and having only his second outing over fences this year, the Philip Fenton-trained Caim Hill landed the €50,000 Gigginstown House Midlands National in Kilbeggan last night.

Oliver McKiernan continued his terrific run when saddling Any Bets to land the featured Kevin Broderick Memorial Handicap Chase at Listowel yesterday.

Former champion Ruby Walsh kept punters happy at a sunny Cork last night when doubling-up on well-backed Roman Flight and odds-on favourite Simenon in the opening two races.

On a night when trainer Tony Mullins and his jockey-son Danny shared a 98/1 double, it was the Willie Mullins-trained mare Glens Melody which proved the equine star in Sligo, landing the concluding Cleveragh Flat Race in emphatic style.

Willie Mullins extended his impressive strike-rate for the Supreme Horse Racing Club when debutante Letherbelucky justified 13/8 favouritism in the Knockhouse Stud Mares Flat Race, the bumper on last night’s card in Wexford.