Jockey Neil Callan is in top form at present and he made it nine winners in the past seven days when completing a near 10-1 double on Rio Taffeta and Bahamian Ballet at Catterick.

Paul Blockley has failed in his appeal against Wait Watcher’s relegation to second in the Shelbourne Hotel Goffs Fillies Five Hundred.

AMERICAN-BRED Gaff, trained by Dermot Weld and ridden by stable-jockey Pat Smullen, made a successful Irish debut when landing the listed El Gran Senor 2-Y-0 Stakes at Fairyhouse yesterday.

“HE’S not where he is for nothing”, exclaimed trainer Eoin Griffin of Ruby Walsh, after he had just watched the pilot drive his Mirpour to a narrow victory in the John F McGuire Beginners Chase at Listowel yesterday.

ROYAL DEVOTION, trained by Michael Halford for Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud, sprang the biggest shock on a day of surprises at Galway yesterday when landing the listed Ardilaun House Hotel Oyster Stakes.

GALWAY Hurdle hero Cloone River made a smashing start over fences when outclassing his rivals in the Meadowlands Hotel Beginners Chase at Tralee yesterday.

JUST hours after returning from Australia, where he starred as a member of the Irish team in the annual Jump Jockeys Challenge, Robert Power celebrated his homecoming when partnering Star Horse to an all-the-way win in the Athleague Novice Hurdle at Roscommon last night.

RORY CLEARY, fresh from his victory aboard Palace Star in Tuesday night’s McDonogh Handicap, added another big-race success to his portfolio when partnering High Priestess to take the featured Guinness Handicap at Galway last night.

AN appeal has been lodged by the owners of Kay Two against the decision by the Curragh stewards not to promote their horse to third place following an inquiry into Sunday’s Anheuser Busch Railway Stakes.

An appeal has been lodged by the owners of Kay Two against the decision by the Curragh stewards not to promote their horse to third place following an inquiry into Sunday’s Anheuser Busch Railway Stakes.

ANOTHER extraordinary contest in the chequered history of Tralee races.

LATINO MAGIC, with a last-gasp effort, gave trainer Robbie Osborne his biggest success to date when grabbing the Carlsberg Ruby Stakes at Tralee yesterday.

YOU LITTLE DAISY continued the successful run of champion owner J. P. McManus when opening her account over hurdles in the Elphin Maiden Hurdle at Roscommon last night.

BARRY GERAGHTY, who missed the action at Limerick on Sunday due to a recurrence of a shoulder injury, made a successful return to action at Ballinrobe last night when partnering Goss to victory in the Irish Stallion Farms Beginners Chase.

DERMOT WELD’S rapidly improving Humilis is flying up through the grades and she enjoyed her biggest success to date when taking the Listed Blue Wind Stakes at Cork last night.

ODDS-ON punters got a couple of frights before collecting on Aidan O’Brien’s Devil Moon in the Munster Maiden at Tipperary yesterday.

TONY MULLINS’ Crusset, now a five-year-old, enjoyed his first success on the flat when taking the Templemore Maiden at Clonmel yesterday.