Review sligo 1st Oct

Ruby Walsh rode a 154.5-1 four-timer as steeplechasing returned to Sligo for the first time in 11 years.

Walsh partnered Dermot Weld's Majestic Concorde to victory in the Martin Reilly Hyundai Chase and the six-year-old won as an 8-11 favourite should do, coasting home seven lengths clear of Saddler's Native

"To be honest he did no more than he was entitled to do, he jumped super and travelled really well and he beat them off readily," said Walsh.

"The chase course was grand, it wasn't a big field but it was fine."

Walsh also showed his skills on Davy Fitzgerald's Bang On Form (2-1 favourite) in the Londis Supermarkets Beginners Chase and Chew It Over (5-1) in the Strandhill Maiden Hurdle for Lesley Young.

Fitzgerald was delighted with the performance of Bang On Form and said: "That will do his confidence the world of good. He wants three miles and he could be a Kerry National horse one day."

Walsh, who completed his quartet of winners aboard Thunder Run in the Terry Casey Memorial Handicap Chase, is eager for the National Hunt season to get into full swing and has a host of top-class horses to ride.

"Obviously over in England there is Kauto Star, Master Minded, Big Buck's and Celestial Halo while Willie (Mullins) has the likes of Mikael D'Haguenet, Hurricane Fly, Cooldine and Cousin Vinny, we just need some rain before they all start," said Walsh.

The Sligo Champion Maiden Hurdle went the way of Renewed Challenge in the hands of John Cullen.

Winning trainer Myles Sutherland said: "The owner Joseph Sheahan is my father-in-law. He used to train in his own right, but gave up about a seven years ago.

"The horses haven't been right for a while now, but hopefully they are back on track. Chasing is certainly the long-term plan for this horse."

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