Review ballinrobe 31st May

< Jim Will Fix It led all the way round the sharp Ballinrobe track to take the feature Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Hurdle.

With likely favourite Sicilian Secret an absentee there were only four runners for the feature race of the evening, and Paul Carberry wasted no time in going to the front on Seamus Roche's six-year-old.

The 6-4 market leader had his rivals in trouble after the second-last flight and wasn't hard pressed to win by 10 lengths, with Whats On The Menu second.

It completed a double for the jockey, who left it late before taking the Connacht Telegraph Maiden Hurdle on the Dermot Weld-trained Sublime Talent (7-4 joint-favourite).

Market rival Laganbank led going to the final flight, but Carberry unleashed Sublime Talent on the run-in and he motored smoothly past to score by a length and a half.

Jessie Harrington's Alpine Eagle was sent off 1-2 favourite for the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase and won a race that had its share of incident.

Major rival Wikaala wasn't done any favours when leader Blakesbrook unseated two out, but Alpine Eagle was soon in charge under Andrew Leigh and scampered home after the last to beat Air Chief by a length.

There was a thrilling three-way finish to the Sheridan Electrical Castlebar Handicap Hurdle in which Philip Fenton's top-weight Resolute Bay (7-1) just prevailed.< Schinkel took over going to the last but put in a slow jump that allowed Resolute Bay to rally, and Robert Jones's mount grabbed the verdict by two short heads, with Lea Lady flying late on to join in.

The Cecil Ross-trained Westmeath Bachelor (6-1) led for most of the way in the hands of Barry Cash in the Hollymount Nursing Home Handicap Chase and fended off An Blascaoid Mor after the last to score by two and a half lengths.