Rewarding Weekend For Kildare Trainers and Jockeys.

Mark Walsh had 6 winners in total.

Mullacash-based Tom Dowling landed his second success with Mullacash Buzz in the opening division of the apprentice handicap at Dundalk on Friday evening. Owned and bred by Dowling’s landlord Martin Flinter, the 8/1 shot provided Kildare apprentice Jack Cleary with his fourth career success when making all the running to beat Tom McCourt’s The Bog Bank by two and a quarter lengths.

Scott McCullagh took the second division of the same race on the Leanne Breen-trained Woodrow beating the Gerard Hussey-trained Maccliff by half a length in the colours of Patrick Gallagher.

The stand-out performance of the meeting came in the finale as the Ronan Whelan-ridden A Case Of You made a winning reappearance in the concluding six-furlong conditions’ race. Last year’s Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye winner heads to Dubai after a taking performance that saw the 4/11 favourite easily beat the James McAuley-trained Meishar by three and a half lengths for Ado McGuinness.

Mark Walsh continued a fine run of success when recording three winners at both Saturday’s card at Naas and at Punchestown the following afternoon.

He took the opening conditions’ hurdle at Naas on the Padraig Roche-trained Brazil by 13 lengths

He teamed up with Willie Mullins to take the second division of the maiden hurdle on 6/4 chance Goven in the colours of JP McManus.

Walsh landed a bigger success when winning the Listed Mares Chase on the long odds-on favourite Elimay, another for the champion trainer and JP McManus, justifying her price of 2/13 as she beat the Tom Mullins-trained Court Maid by five lengths.

Walsh also won the opening race at Punchestown yesterday, where his mount Midnight Maestro edged out Shady Operator to give Enda Bolger and JP McManus a 1-2 in the cross-country chase to deny the front-running 5/2 shot by a neck.

He was again in the McManus colours taking the rated novice chase on the Willie Mullins-trained Ciel De Niege. The 5/4 favourite briefly looked in trouble when Joseph O'Brien’s Fire Attack threw down a challenge approaching the straight but he picked up well to score by five and a half lengths at the line.

Padraig Roche helped the Clane jockey complete his second treble in 24 hours as Slip Of The Tongue scored in the Listed INH Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle. The strong 5/2 joint-favourite beat the Willie Mullins-trained Deploy The Getaway by three-parts of a length

 Eddie and Patrick Harty took the two and a half-mile maiden hurdle with 16/1 chance Grandero Bello. Ricky Doyle got the six-year-old home by three-parts of a length from the Peter Fahey-trained Lucky Tenner.