Atticus Finch gained reward for his consistency when landing the www.dundalkstadium.com Claiming Maiden under Wayne Lordan.

Second here on his last three outings, the Kodiac colt made all to justify odds-on favouritism, keeping on well from over a furlong out to comfortably eclipse Rasputin (bidding to give the Carmody/Tinkler/Murtagh alliance a double following on from Miss Mediator by three and a quarter lengths.

When queried as to whether the plan had been to make every post a winning one, successful owner/trainer Eddie Lynam said: "Goodbye starter, hello judge.

"He's been hitting the bar and he had a high enough rating. He couldn't get into a handicap here because of his rating of 75 – there are no races for him.

"Thankfully it worked out."

Eddie Lynam had to go to 27K to claim Atticus Finch back. (AM & EM)