Crystal City glitters for Michael Halford at Dundalk

Jockey Ciara Flynn silhouetted against the setting sun before the Extra Places Everyday At BetVictor Handicap. Picture: Healy Racing

The once-raced, Michael Halford-trained Crystal City earned the plaudits in Dundalk, turning over 1/6 favourite Ultramarine in the Crowne Plaza Hotel Meadian Auction 2-Y-0 Maiden.

Unplaced on his debut in Gowran Park back in August, the first reserve attracted plenty of support when it became known that he would get his place in the line-up and, with Niall McCullagh in the saddle, the well-backed 11/2 shot raced prominently before seeing off the 106-rated favourite, who had contested the National Stakes in September, by a length and a quarter.