THE Dermot Weld bandwagon rolled on relentlessly at Limerick last night when Precious Gem, carrying the colours of his mother, Marguerite, landed the Martin Molony Stakes.

A future star of the National Hunt game was born at Ballybrit yesterday when 17-year-old Paul Townend guided Indian Pace to a thrilling victory in the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

Bobs Pride heads the weights in a maximum 20-strong field for the Guinness Galway Hurdle on Thursday.

GENERAL ante-post favourite King Rama is a doubt for next week’s Guinness Galway Hurdle after sustaining a muscle injury at Leopardstown on Thursday night.

KING Of The Nile, clearly a long way down the pecking order at Ballydoyle, is napped to win the Sporting Emporium Maiden at Fairyhouse tonight.

PAT SMULLEN continued his determined quest to regain the Jockeys Championship when partnering Graceful Star to victory in the opening two-year-old fillies maiden at Roscommon yesterday.

With testing ground and a bomb scare, day one of the Tralee Festival got off to a lively start and it was Forthright who claimed the feature Brandon Hotel Handicap Hurdle.

PRINCELY HERO is the nap choice in the five-runner Club Fabric Handicap, his first venture into such company, at the opening stage of the Tralee Festival this afternoon, assuming the meeting passes this morning’s inspection.

THE Listed Ad Valorem Stakes is the feature at Tipperary tonight, assuming the meeting passes a precautionary 9am inspection this morning.

JOHN KIELY’S Migmatite is the nap choice in the Dawn Omega Milk Maiden at the concluding stage of the Killarney Festival this afternoon.

CHARLIES FIRST rates the bet of the day in the Dolans' Warehouse Hurdle at Limerick this evening.