Lady Wingshot, who beat Yellow Rosebud at Galway, confirmed the form on 2lbs worse terms in the Group 3 Fairy Bridge Stakes at Tipperary last night.

Veteran course specialist Fit The Cove proved the toast of punters on the final day of the 2012 Galway Festival as Harry Rogers’ charge landed the Galway Shopping Centre Handicap in courageous style, providing jockey Chris Hayes with the first leg of a double and proving the only successful favourite on Family Day at Ballybrit.

Classy hurdler Steps To Freedom proved the equine star of yesterday’s action in Dundalk, defying top-weight of 10-3 and justifying strong support in the two-mile Boylesports.com Handicap to spark a double for trainer Jessica Harrington and Fran Berry.

KEVIN Manning and Michael Hussey shared the riding honours when recording doubles at last night’s pre-Christmas meeting in Dundalk.

MORNING prices again proved more than a good friend to punters at Clonmel last night.

FIRST SYMPHONY might land the nap in the Hanratty Oils Handicap, on what can be best described as a grim programme at Dundalk tonight.

DUNDALK’S new all-weather track — the first of its kind in Ireland — was road tested for the first time yesterday ahead of the first meeting, the MCR Group Race Day, on Sunday 26th.

JOCKEYS Robert Power and Fran Berry shared the riding honours when recording doubles at rain-soaked Naas yesterday.

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

IN a year which has produced surprise after surprise in the elite hurdling division, the unheralded 20/1 shot Silent Oscar did it again yesterday when winning the ACC Bank Champion Hurdle against much more vaunted rivals.

ASIAN MAZE is fancied to lead her rivals a merry dance in the Ballymore Properties Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse tomorrow.

THE progresssive Carlesimo can complete a hat-trick in the Guinness Novice Chase at the final stage of the Listowel Festival this afternoon.

Rumplestiltskin will bid to provide Aidan O’Brien with his fourth victory in the last six years in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

CASHMANS introduced Alexandrova at 33-1 for next year’s Epsom Oaks following her demolition job on the opposition in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Tralee yesterday.

Airwave looks set for a bright summer after getting her career back on track with an impressive success in the Group Two Ridgewood Pearl Stakes at the Curragh today.

JAMIE SPENCER took his total for the season to 78 with a 41-1 double on Senor Benny and Pantarez at Listowel yesterday.

Mick Channon’s Majestic Desert has swerved another encounter with the unbeaten Attraction and will instead line up for the feature event at Leopardstown tomorrow evening.

Hanami will face five rivals as she bids to follow up last year’s win in the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday.

LIVADIYA, who disappointed in her first two runs of the campaign, gets the nap to strike form in the Group Three Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Blue Wind Stakes at Cork tonight.

Get aboard the Barry Geraghty bandwagon at Thurles this afternoon.

THE MIGHTY TIGER can put English invader, Pearl Of Love, firmly in his place in the Group Two Gallileo Futurity Stakes at the Curragh this afternoon.

LEOPARDSTOWN tomorrow is going to be a big day for Dermot Weld as two of his stable stars, Refuse To Bend and Vinnie Roe, return to action.