The Highway Rat gets off the mark at first time of asking for Andy Oliver

Jockey Gary Carroll jumping a pool of water on his way to weigh in after completing a double on Red Heel at Dundalk. Picture: Healy Racing.

No stranger to hitting the target with newcomers in Dundalk, Andy Oliver saddled The Highway Rat to land the Follow Us On Twitter @dundalkstadium Maiden at the County Louth venue.

A Dandy Man colt, owned by his wife and sent off at 14/1, The Highway Rat travelled well throughout before scoring emphatically from 33/1 Cisne and favourite Visualisation.