Trainer Phil McEntee, now based in Newmarket, made a successful and emotional return to Laytown yesterday when Putin won the opening Download The At The Races App Handicap.

THERE has been no racing in Ireland since last Sunday, when the offering was the all-weather at Dundalk, with the game resuming this evening at Laytown.

TRAINER Ger Lyons took the training honours on the beach at Laytown yesterday, completing a double with Cosmic Breeze and Dunne Grand.

NINA CARBERRY continued in sparkling form at the annual Laytown meeting yesterday when partnering Rockazar to a narrow victory in the Hibernia Steel Amateur Handicap.