Smullen at the double

PAT SMULLEN enjoyed his trip to Ballinrobe last night, notching a double on Piltown and Reside.

Smullen was seen at his enterprising best on board the consistent but previously luckless Piltown, trained by his father-in-law Joe Crowley, in the Andy & Judy O'Rourke Memorial Handicap.

Smullen quickly got the 11/4 favourite over from an unfavourably low draw and, soon in front, he dictated the pace on John Mangan's son of Namid, placed in five of his six starts this season and runner-up in his last two.