Gordon Elliott’s Roi Du Mee toyed with the opposition on his way to landing the featured John Meagher Memorial Chase at Thurles yesterday.

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.

Raptor, a wide-margin winner at Punchestown in May, provided champion trainer Willie Mullins with his fifth winner in three days when justifying odds-on favouritism in the Audrey McGrath Memorial Chase in Wexford yesterday.

COLM MURPHY got a little boost, on the lead-in to Big Zeb’s challenge for next week’s Champion Chase at Cheltenham, when Dangan Daylight landed the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

ANDREW Lynch, who will be re-united with two-mile champion chaser Sizing Europe when he makes his seasonal debut in today’s Group 2 feature at Gowran Park, received a timely boost when completing a double on Absolutlyfantastic and Cavita Beta at the Kilkenny track yesterday, where conditions deteriorated due to torrential rain.

WITH just three points separating the sides in the 56th minute, Castlelyons dared to believe they could cause a major upset in this Premier 1 Central Region final at Páirc Uí Rinn.

WITH just three points separating the sides in the 56th minute, Castlelyons dared to believe they could cause a major upset in this Premier 1 Central Region final at Páirc Uí Rinn, just one season after winning the Premier 2 equivalent.

SUN Disc credited Curragh trainer Dessie Hughes with his 17th winner of the campaign when the filly won the opening maiden hurdle at Down Royal yesterday.

IT was a case of the best wine being reserved until last at the final session of the four-day Tramore festival yesterday as the Pat Hurley-trained newcomer Ambush Angel hinted that she holds a particularly bright future by landing the closing 2012 - Tramore Races Centenary Year Mares Flat Race.

MEATH-BASED trainer Andy Lynch enjoyed a memorable evening in Roscommon last night, saddling his first double with Roley and Ahorsecalledmolly in the chase action.

LIAM BURKE’S Ordinary Man finally put it all together to justify favouritism in the Cluain Meala Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel last night.

JOHN QUEALLY’S Memories Of Milan justified strong market support, under Tim Carroll, in the Powerstown Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel last evening.

VICTORY in the Tote Jackpot Maiden Hurdle at Naas yesterday, in which Ruby Walsh was lucky to walk away from a nasty fall (see page 25), went to longshot First Impressions, ridden by Tim Carroll and trained by Mick Mulvany.

Realt Dubh made up for an unfortunate exit at Galway to claim top honours in the Craddockstown Novice Chase today.

Fran Berry produced a riding masterclass to land the Low Low Handicap, the big race on the penultimate day of the Galway festival, on Toufan Express.

ADAJAL, in the colours of JP McManus, completed a quick hat-trick when landing the Oran Handicap Chase in impressive style at Roscommon last night.

REIGNING champion Pat Smullen is three clear of Johnny Murtagh in the race for the Jockeys Championship following a treble at Navan yesterday.

Johnny Murtagh is fit to ride at Dundalk on Tuesday after a nasty fall at the track on Sunday.

A WATERFORD company bidding to promote greener energy is edging into the lucrative Dublin market.