Boy registers first win in five years

Apprentices Sam James and Conor Hoban bagged doubles in Dundalk last night, James scoring on Iron Major and Blue Cross Boy while Hoban triumphed on Lord Kenmare and Tribes And Banner.

Trainer Eddie Lynam, narrowly denied in the opener, saddled first and third in the one-mile www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap as the James-ridden Iron Major beat Joe Eile and Akasaka, Lynam stating: "He's quite useful when things fall right for him."

James followed-up when seven-year-old Blue Cross Boy, without a win since his juvenile days with Howard Johnson (in 2007), proved best in the second division of the Dundalk Stadium Handicap, beating Naked Cowboy. The Sean Gallagher-owned grey was a welcome winner for Adrian McGuinness.