Aidan O’Brien saddled his seventeenth winner of the National Hunt campaign when Egyptian Warrior landed the opening novice hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

CHAMPION conditional rider Bryan Cooper reached another notable milestone is his burgeoning career when partnering Pistol Jack to victory in the Ryans Events Cleaners Handicap Chase in Galway yesterday.

MAYBE retained her unbeaten record and gave Aidan O'Brien his sixth Moyglare Stud Stakes success when justifying odds-on favouritism in the Group 1 feature at the Curragh yesterday.

CATCH THE EYE, who won her maiden at the Galway festival, made the step up in class with the minimum of fuss in the Seamus Weldon www.mowers.ie Race at the concluding stage of Killarney last night.

CHARLIE SWAN’S Zaralabad, who was struggling for some form until scoring at Bellewstown last week, struck again in the featured www.thetote.com Kingdom Gold Cup Handicap at Killarney last night.

OUT of luck on Await The Dawn at York on Wednesday and set for a return to the Knavesmire today, Joseph O’Brien took the riding honours at Wexford last night, recording a last-gasp double on Snap Alam and Monte Carlo.

LOCAL trainer Pat Flynn is very well represented at this evening’s meeting at Tramore and his Dancing Bird looks to have solid claims in the mares’ maiden hurdle.

WE have been watching racing for a while now with one thing in mind-Galway.

DUNDRUM surprised hot-pot Tornedo Shay to the tune of eight lengths in the Killarney Veterinary Clinic Race at the Kerry track last night.

REGAL Ambition, trained by Charlie Swan for his father-in-law Timmy Hyde, held off the late challenge of Cootamundra to land the featured Leo Dolan Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Roscommon last night.

BARACK gave veteran Curragh trainer Frank Ennis his first success of the season when gaining a narrow victory over Duff in the listed Glencairn Stakes, feature of last night’s action at Leopardstown.

TORNEDO SHAY gets the nap in the Follow Leopardstown On Facebook Maiden at the Dublin track tonight.

APART from those in flat racing’s insider circles the name Wayne Lordan doesn’t mean much to many people.

THE featured six furlongs sprint at Cork last night may have been won by a 20-1 shot in the shape of the Patrick Prendergast trained Look Busy, but she did have her supporters in the ring.

RUBY WALSH pulled rank on his baby sister, Katie, at Punchestown last night when brilliant mare Quevega beat Mourad in the Grade 1 ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle.

TORNEDO SHAY is the nap choice in the Listed EBF Irish Racing Writers’ Hurdle at Naas today.

Former smart bumper horse and decent novice hurdler Quadrillon got off the mark over fences at the second attempt with a hard-fought success at Gowran Park.

TORNADO SHAY will be expected to make a successful hurdling debut in today’s Bennettsbridge Maiden Hurdle at Gowran Park.

Banna Man proved the value of course and distance form at Galway as he took the feature Connacht Tribune Handicap Chase on the final day of the week-long festival.

PROFOUND Beauty completed a hat-trick in the listed Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown last night, justifying 2/5 favouritism with the minimum of fuss.

THE Tom Mullins trained King’s Vintage ran away with the Corcorans’ Furniture and Carpets Handicap at Killarney last night.

CRAZYFORLOVINGYOU is fancied to land the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Median Auction Maiden at Bellewstown tonight.

STRONGPOINT, out of luck on his debut over fences, can set the record straight in the €5 Admission On 24th June Beginners Chase at Tipperary tonight.

TAWAAGG proved the star of yesterday’s action at Tramore yesterday, justifying favouritism for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend in the Guillamene Maiden.

THE tremendous success story of Gordon Elliott continued at Killarney last night when his Grand Opera completed a hat-trick in the featured Ladbrokes’ Gold Rush Handicap Hurdle.

FAME And Glory is as short as 5-2 favourite for the Investec Derby after a thoroughly professional display in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

Willie Mullins is responsible for 13 entries as he seeks to land the Weatherbys Champion Bumper for an incredible seventh time at the Cheltenham Festival.

Thomond O’Mara believes there is more improvement in Tornedo Shay, who put himself in line for the Cheltenham Festival by making a winning debut at Leopardstown

A huge ante-post gamble on Tony Martin’s Psycho was foiled by 50-1 outsider Penny’s Bill in a dramatic renewal of the Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown.

ROOT CAUSE, treated to a day out at Laytown previously, got off the mark over jumps when landing the www.tramore-racecourse.com Maiden Hurdle at the Waterford track yesterday.

Banna Man ran out a comfortable winner of the Corrib Village Beginners Chase on the final day of the Galway Festival.

Rookie rider Paul Townend was the toast of Ballybrit as Indian Pace gave him the biggest victory of his fledgling career in the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

Rookie rider Paul Townend was the toast of Ballybrit as Indian Pace gave him the biggest victory of his fledgling career in the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

IN THE SAME WAY it would be fair to describe the Pope as a holy man, Chris Hayes can easily be portrayed as ‘boyish.’

EAGLE’S PASS, third behind Farmer Brown in the Galway Hurdle twelve months ago, is on the trail of that major prize again, following a smooth victory in the Ulster Bank Mallow Hurdle at Cork last night.

DATES have been set this month for three appeal hearings at the Turf Club headquarters at the Curragh.

PINT-SIZED Sesenta produced all the right qualities to take the Guillamene Maiden at Tramore yesterday, redeeming the promise of her recent second at Galway.

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

DEAUVILLE VISION came right back to her best form when trouncing seven rivals in the Listed Kerryman Ruby Stakes at Tralee yesterday.

EAGLE’S PASS, owned by two New York-based Kerrymen, Niall O’Dowd and Denis Kelleher, ran his rivals ragged to land the valuable Guinness Gold Cup at Tralee yesterday.

Eagle’s Pass, third behind Farmer Brown in the Galway Hurdle on his last start, reverted to the Flat in great style to land the Guinness Gold Cup at Tralee.

LITTLE went right for Jessica Harrington’s Jumbajukiba at Galway last week, but he was back on song with an impressive performance in the Listed Platinum Stakes at Cork yesterday.

WILLIE MULLINS’ Temlett, a three-year-old on the upgrade, has a leading chance in the valuable Specsavers Ulster Derby Handicap at Down Royal this afternoon.

FRACAS, down in class, gets the vote to win a less than inspiring Listed Gallo Family Vineyards Silver Stakes at the Curragh this evening.