The progressive Qatari Hunter justified favouritism in the €100,000 Nasrullah Handicap, completing a superb 1259/1 four-timer for Jim Bolger and stable-jockey Kevin Manning in Leopardstown last night.

Galway’s seven-day festival gets underway with a very competitive evening meeting, and True Solitaire earns the nap to take the Claregalwayhotel.ie EBF Maiden for Dermot Weld.

Colm O’Donoghue, who hopes to team-up with his Investec Oaks winning mount Qualify in Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, struck again when partnering Outstanding to win the listed Oaks Trial in Naas last night.