< Red Avenger made it two wins from as many starts since joining Damian English with a gritty victory in the MSS - This One's For You Hylo Handicap at Dundalk.
The six-year-old showed immediate improvement for the change of scenery when springing a surprise here last month but had more on his plate against some bang in-form rivals.
After hitting the front, he was challenged by the hat-trick seeking Chestnut Fire but Red Avenger would not lie down and flashed past the post a nose to the good at odds of 9-2.< Dreamy Gal (6-1) reversed recent form with Midsomer to claim top honours in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden.
Michael O'Callaghan's juvenile was only third, a place behind Midsomer, when favourite here two weeks ago but, stepped up to a mile and able to dictate terms to suit herself, she careered away down the straight and held the running-on Makamamia a length and three-quarters at bay.< George Boole broke his duck in the Christmas Party Packages At Dundalk Stadium Nursery Handicap.
The son of Art Connoisseur looked a different animal when touched off on his handicap debut here and confirmed that promise to justify 3-1 favouritism by a length from Fox Dream < Go Kart blazed a trail in the Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Handicap.
Danny Sheehy sent the filly straight into a lead she was never to relinquish, although fellow 4-1 joint-favourite Strategic Force closed late and got to within half a length at the line.
Divisions one and two of the Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Apprentice Handicap went to Bulgadin Lady (7-1) and Solar Heat (20-1) respectively, with the latter a first victory for jockey Rossa Ryan.
Bulgadin Lady's trainer John Feane doubled up in the New Year's Eve Greyhound Racing At Dundalk Maiden when his French import Secret Existence did the business as the 13-8 favourite, and completed a treble when Power Grid ran away with the Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap.
