< Elusive Ridge showed his appreciation for a drop in class as he ground out a victory in the feature jogforjockeys.ie Race at Fairyhouse.
No match for the likes of So You Think in the Tattersalls Gold Cup last time out, the Harry Rogers-trained six-year-old faced nothing of that calibre this time and settled in second for most of the way as Banna Boirche took them along.
Pat Smullen sent him up to challenge going to the final furlong and the 9-1 shot gradually got the better of the favourite, coming home half a length to the good.< Boston Rocker finished sixth behind leading Coventry Stakes fancy Cristoforo Colombo on her Navan debut last month and stepped up on that with an all-the-way victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden.
Shane Foley got her away quickly and after bowling along in front Eddie Lynam's 5-1 shot kicked into a nice lead two furlongs out before readily holding Lightnin Hopkins by half a length.< July Revolution who had shown little in three runs on the all-weather at Dundalk and was appearing after a 138-day break, landed an eyecatching victory in the fairyhouse.ie Handicap.
David Marnane's gelding (16-1) had plenty to do a quarter of a mile out, but he carved a path through the opposition and burst clear under Fergal Lynch to win by two lengths.
John Hassett's versatile veteran Lough Ferrib (10-1) hauled in Sheilas Wish going to the final furlong in the first division of the Ratoath Handicap and as the favourite faded away, Leigh Roche drove him out to win by a length from Asian Wing
The penalised Fluidity travelled like a winner in the Special Rates For Groups Handicap but found little and Johnny Murtagh pounced on the line on John Oxx's Shamooda (9-2) to beat Security Breach by a nose.
