On a day when Cheltenham and Aintree hero Bryan Cooper was removed to hospital in Belfast with a broken leg after a fall from Tepalo in the beginners chase, Gordon Elliott took the honours with a double on Bank Holiday Monday in Down Royal.

JIM BOLGER has a useful team of juveniles this season and he introduced another smart one in the shape of Somasach to land the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Tipperary last night.

AN infrequent visitor to Ballinrobe in recent years, Johnny Murtagh notched his first win at the picturesque County Mayo track since 2001 when the Aga Khan-owned Adiynara landed the Irish Stallion Farms Median Auction Maiden last night.