Review sligo 30th Sep

Dermot Weld introduced an exciting prospect at Sligo in the shape of Thunder Bridge who romped to a 13-length victory in the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden.

The Prince Khallid Abdulla-owned Bernstein colt drifted in the betting prior to the race, but made a mockery of his 4-1 odds.

Pat Smullen brought the juvenile with a dream run between rivals on the turn for home and he pulled away in fine style to score from market leader Dinger Belle < Tin Town Boy bounded away to claim the feature Foley's Bat And Off Licence Sligo Handicap for the Harry Rogers yard.

The eight-year-old had looked in the grip of the assessor but clearly relished the return to 10 furlongs.

Pat Shanahan had the 8-1 shot towards the middle of the field but he burst through over a furlong out and beat Master Marvel by four lengths.

Patrick Martin's Footprint (7-1) maintained his progression by getting off the mark in the www.countysligo.com nursery Handicap.< Milvian Bridge made a good fist of it from the front and had seen most of them off at the furlong marker.

However, Padraig Beggy brought his mount with a sustained challenge and despite the young jockey dropping his whip, he prevailed by a length and a quarter.

Regina Bonner's Fast Lightning (9-2) followed up his Down Royal win with a gritty success over Definite Opinion in the Race Sponsorship At Sligo In 2010 Handicap.

His task became easier when favourite Sarah's News refused to exit the stalls at the start, but there was plenty to like about the way he dug deep for Danny Mullins inside the distance.< Karma (33-1) stepped up markedly on the form of her first two starts when landing the Racecard Advertisement At Sligo Maiden.

Tom Hogan's charge took it up around three furlongs from the finish and held fast-finishing favourite Barrel Of Fun by a length.