Hayes inspired on Solo Performer

Doubles for jockeys Chris Hayes and Rory Cleary, a brace for Curragh trainer Jim Gorman and a hard-earned win for the Willie Mullins-trained hot-pot Blackstairmountain proved the highlights of last night’s flat action in Bellewstown, where ground condition turned soft after heavy showers before and during racing.

Hayes brought his tally to 36 thanks to victories on Paul Deegan’s Approval Given, which pipped Wholelotofrosie by a nose in the two-year-old maiden, and Solo Performer, which continued trainer Harry Rogers’s rich vein of form, under an inspired front-running ride, in the www.thetote.com Handicap.

Rory Cleary, an important part of Jim Bolger’s team at Coolcullen, landed the five-furlong Glebe House Stud Nursery on top-weight All Ablaze, trained nearby in The Naul by Damian English. Cleary picked-up a two-day whip ban.