ON a day when Pat Smullen clinched the Jockeys Championship with a double on Hawa Bali and Elusive Ridge, Joseph O’Brien kept his hopes of snatching the apprentice title alive with a double on Alexander Pope and Mr Pianist at Dundalk yesterday.

RUBY Walsh, in double form on Wednesday, was on the march again at Bellewstown last night when partnering Blue Corrig to victory in the Murphy Environmental Mullacurry Cup Handicap Hurdle.