Ger Lyons' admirable veteran Brendan Brackan repeated his feat of 12 months ago when making virtually all to land the corkracecourse.ie Navigation Stakes at Cork.

Gary Carroll pushed the 9-2 chance into the lead after the first half-furlong and they never looked back, holding a clear lead over the strong-travelling favourite Black Hawk War

Brendan Brackan certainly wasn't stopping in front, though, and try as the market leader might, he was still three and a half lengths down at the line.< Galilean came out on top in a battle between two Aidan O'Brien horses in the Annual Ticket 2017 Nursery Handicap.

The 13-8 favourite tracked stablemate Tang Dynasty through the early stages and the pair were still battling two furlongs out, before Donnacha O'Brien's mount found more close home to score by two and a half lengths.< Spanish Tenor confirmed the promise of his previous two starts when running out a commanding winner of the Coolmore Most Improved Maiden.

Tim Doyle's 2-1 favourite stretched away from the field in the final furlong under Billy Lee, winning by three and a quarter lengths from Clongowes

Johnny Murtagh was in double-winning form at Dundalk on Friday and added another winner when Windsor Beach made all to score under Niall McCullagh in the Equine Acres Handicap.

The 7-2 favourite only had one challenger in Tony The Gent entering the final furlong, but he only got within two and a half lengths at the line.

Harry Rogers' Gentil J (5-1) followed up her recent Listowel victory with a half-length success over Special Focus in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap under Wayne Lordan.< Zero Euro gave Rogers a double when Graham Scully got the 14-1 chance home in front in the first division of the Follow Us On Twitter Apprentice Handicap, while the second division went to Ask Katie (7-1), who sauntered to victory under Dylan Hogan.