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Review cork 23rd Aug
< Raise Your Heart made light work of top weight and some classy rivals to breeze to victory in the J.P. McManus Hurdle at Cork.
Joanna Morgan's charge finished in midfield in the Galway Hurdle on his last start over timber and skipped through the desperate conditions in this contest.
Former County Hurdle winner Silver Jaro tried manfully to put up a fight, but a motionless Barry Geraghty flew past before the last on the even-money favourite before winning by five lengths.< Cerveza Dinero might have looked second favourite to win division one of the Mallow Maiden Hurdle, but he pulled out all the stops to land the spoils.< Warhead travelled supremely well throughout the contest and it looked a matter of how far he was going to win by when taking it up before the last.
Charlie Swan's 9-2 chance would not be denied, however, and he fought back well to win by a length.
The second division proved a straightforward affair for Willie Mullins' For The Staff who ran out a bloodless winner.
Ruby Walsh dictated terms on the 8-15 favourite and after giving him some rein at the last, he careered away to a five-length victory.
Despite encountering very different conditions, Windix made it two course wins in succession when taking the Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle.
Maureen Danagher's 3-1 joint-favourite won on yielding ground last time, but things were much more testing here, though that didn't affect him as he joined Frontier Lady and Urban Spirit in front two out.
Running on well after the last, the six-year-old beat the fast-finishing Good Old Thyme by three lengths.
With the Flat racing washed away by the rain, it was left to Lorna Casey's Miss Mary Mac (2-1 favourite) to wrap up proceedings with a head success in the Dromore Mares INH Flat Race.