Apprentice jockey Ronan Whelan savoured a fairytale on the third day of the Listowel Harvest Festival as he recorded only his second ever win in the showpiece Irish Stallion Farms EBF Premier Nursery.

DERMOT Weld’s horses are struggling to hit form at the moment, but the stable’s fortunes can start to turn the corner with Dazzle Dancer in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Killarney tonight.

FOLLOWING Ger Lyons on the all-weather has been a very lucrative policy and his Rain Delayed has to be the nap choice to take the Styles and Beauty Magazine Race at Dundalk tonight.

CONNA CASTLE rounded off an excellent campaign with a smooth success in the Laurels Bar Hurdle at Killarney last night.

DOLLARS ROCK, carrying the colours of the nine-member W G Hill Syndicate from Watergrasshill, Co Cork, streaked away with the Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap at Limerick last night.

LADY FONIC has a leading chance in a competitive looking O2 Customer Care EBF Maiden at Limerick tonight.

RIO DE JANEIRO, disqualified after winning at the Curragh on Saturday, is napped to set the record straight in the Put Your Name Here Maiden at Fairyhouse this evening.

TIPPER ROAD, who let us down at Naas five days ago, is given another chance in the Zurich Handicap at Killarney this evening.

FAVOURITE NATION, backed from 4-5 to 4-7, duly outclassed his rivals in the Chesser Auctioneers’ Race at Limerick last night.

VINNIE ROE is fancied to shrug off top weight, the steadier of 10-2, and make a winning reappearance in the listed Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown tonight.

THREE very low-grade flat races and some modest National Hunt fare make Thurles this afternoon the proverbial minefield as far as punters are concerned.