"I joined Joseph (O'Brien) on Monday and that's my first ride for him. I came back from England last week. My weight is good now and I'm going to stick to the Flat," said Sean Corby after winning the Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap on Ligeti (5/1).

Joseph O'Brien has care of this Rip Van Winkle gelding for Michael Tabor and in this mile and a half heat he clung on by a head from Dancing Doll

"Hopefully Joseph will have plenty of horses and I'll be able to ride away over the winter," Corby went on to say.

"I thought Oisin Orr was going to get me but when he got to my lad he picked up again. About a furlong down I had a look up and his old ears were a bit pricked so I knew there was a bit left."

O.J. Orr, rider of Dancing Doll, trained by A.J.Martin, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount lost ground after rearing as the stalls opened.

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