NOT for the first time, Dundalk belonged to Johnny Murtagh and Ger Lyons last night as each recorded a four-timer.

The Last Stand must overcome a significant rise in the weights if he is to land the Guinness Handicap Hurdle at Listowel tomorrow.

GIANT EAGLE, down in class following respectable efforts at Punchestown and the Curragh, duly did the business in the Bumper at Cork yesterday.

A BALLYBRIT virgin, my first foray at the Galway Races was akin to a blinkered nag staggering shoeless at a donkey derby.

CHARLES BYRNES, a trainer with a terrific record on the big occasion, did it again at the first stage of Galway last night when Rockstown Boy finished late and fast to decisively land the GPT Handicap.