P'Tit Fute put a below-par effort earlier in the week behind him by landing the feature Freshways Handicap Hurdle.
Fran Flood's 9-1 shot could only manage 12th behind Majestic Concorde on the level on Monday but was successful last time he was seen in this sphere.
Mark Walsh took closer order from his midfield position before the second-last and he stuck to his guns well to beat Bahrain Storm by two and a half lengths.< Ballito ridden by Mark Bolger, sprung a 25-1 surprise in an eventful Low Low Galway Blazers Handicap Chase.
Favourite Reisk Superman was among a handful of leading players to hit the deck when still to play their hand and Ballito took full advantage, accounting for One More Minute by four lengths.
A 160-day absence proved no hindrance to Gay Sloane (11/4) in the Jockeys Association Maiden Hurdle.
Travelling better than anything in the latter half of the race, Niall Madden was looking around for dangers on the run to the final flight and he kicked on well to beat favourite Noble Crusader by five lengths.< Thecreditcrunchie (100/30) plundered his second handicap on the bounce in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Premier Nursery.
Tommy Stack's Tipperary scorer tracked the front-running Medicio into the straight before being sent about his business by Wayne Lordan and in a bunched finish, he prevailed by a head from the staying-on Rory Anna
Stamina was at a premium in the Cheestrings Handicap and 14-1 chance Hill Fairy saw out the two-mile trip best in beating top-weight Sesenta by a length and three-quarters.
Aidan O'Brien supplemented Halfway To Heaven's Nassau victory when Indian Ocean (4-1) put the Dermot Weld-trained Dark Humour firmly in his place in the Dawn Juice EBF Maiden, but it wouldn't be Galway without a Weld winner and he sent out newcomer Rite Of Passage to claim the spoils in the Kerrymaid Festival INH Flat Race as the 9-4 favourite.
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