Mark Dowling comes home alone at Des Hanlon Memorial in Carlow

Mark Dowling won the Des Hanlon Memorial in stunning fashion yesterday, blitzing the stellar field to win before a huge crowd in Carlow.

The DID Electrical Dunboyne rider had around 40 seconds to spare on Ryan Sherlock (Unattached) who was next over the line while Robin Kelly (Waterford Racing Team) was third.

Kelly came in at the head of a group of around a dozen riders. That was all that remained of the front group that was whittled down over the 160km race.