Nightly Wailing relished the two-mile trip in Dundalk and used every yard of it to win under Rory Cleary.

Strong-travelling Allora Yeats moved to the head of affairs for Melanie Horsman entering the straight and was still boxing on at the furlong pole.

She was reeled in by the closers in the final 100 yards as Nightly Wailing delivered his winning hand.

He kept on best to prevail by three parts of a length at 9/2. Punters Poet the 11/4 favourite, had to settle for second, half a length in front of Important Message (9/1).

Trainer Tom Cleary said: “We have been waiting for that two miles. He won over the course and distance over two years ago but he had a little problem and it took a while to get him back. We took our time with him.

“He always runs well up here and ran well over a mile and a half the last day. The horse that won that race also won here earlier today.

“There is not too many two-mile races here, and fair play to Michael Grassick and his contacts he got one put on. I was delighted when I saw it because I knew he would get in after being third the last day.

“Rory gave him an excellent ride. I was quite confident after his run the last day and going up to two miles today.

“We’ll mind him now and hopefully there will be another two miles race put on here as there is a lot of people looking for them. There are a lot of horses out there that need two miles and can’t jump.

“We’ve tried him on all kinds of ground and this surface in Dundalk seems to really suit him.”

Nightly Wailing is now two from two over this trip in Dundalk.

Five jockeys in this race were hit with suspensions, for misuse of the whip, totalling a cumulative 23 days as detailed below:

Five of the eight jockeys in this race were hit with suspensions as detailed below:

The Stewards interviewed R.C. Colgan, rider of Punters Poet, concerning his use of the whip in the latter stages of this race. Evidence was heard from the rider concerned. Having viewed a recording of the race and considered the evidence the Stewards were of the opinion that R.C. Colgan was in breach of R10(3)(g) by using his whip with excessive frequency. Having taken his previous record into consideration, the Stewards suspended R.C. Colgan for two race days.

The Stewards interviewed R.P. Cleary, rider of Nightly Wailing, concerning his use of the whip in the latter stages of this race. Evidence was heard from the rider concerned. Having viewed a recording of the race and considered the evidence the Stewards were of the opinion that R.P. Cleary was in breach of R10(3)(g) by using his whip with excessive frequency. Having taken his previous record into consideration, the Stewards suspended R.P. Cleary for two race days.

The Stewards interviewed S. Foley, rider of Aasleagh Fawn concerning his use of the whip in the latter stages of this race. Evidence was heard from the rider concerned. Having viewed a recording of the race and considered the evidence the Stewards were of the opinion that S. Foley was in breach of R10(3)(g) by using his whip with excessive frequency. Having taken his previous record into consideration, the Stewards suspended S. Foley for six race days pursuant to the provisions of R10(6)(a). Mr S. Collins, Acting Steward, did not attend this enquiry.

S. Foley, rider of Aasleagh Fawn trained by Gavin Cromwell, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount leaned a little to the left in the straight.

The Stewards interviewed G.P. Brouder , rider of My Manekineko (GB), concerning his use of the whip in the latter stages of this race. Evidence was heard from the rider concerned. Having viewed a recording of the race and considered the evidence the Stewards were of the opinion that G.P. Brouder was in breach of R10(3)(g) by using his whip with excessive frequency. Having taken his previous record into consideration, the Stewards suspended G.P. Brouder for seven race days. .

The Stewards interviewed M.A. Enright, rider of Important Message (GB), concerning his use of the whip in the latter stages of this race. Evidence was heard from the rider concerned. Having viewed a recording of the race and considered the evidence the Stewards were of the opinion that M.A. Enright was in breach of R10(3)(g) by using his whip with excessive frequency. Having taken his previous record into consideration, the Stewards suspended M.A. Enright for six race days pursuant to the provisions of R10(6)(a)

Additional reporting by Alan Magee