CHARLES Byrnes played a major role at Downpatrick’s Monday meeting, not only because the Co Limerick trainer saddled three winners on the card but also because he withdrew his runner in another race which saw a huge gamble landed.

Anyway, trained by Ken Budds, was backed from a morning price of 28/1 to even money before he easily won a handicap hurdle on the card. The winner races in the name of the trainer’s father but was originally bought as a store horse by Charles Byrnes.