OWNERS Team Valor gave a lot of coverage on their website to Panama Hat’s fifth win in a row at Dundalk last Sunday.

The Andy Oliver-trained three-year-old landed the €30,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF ‘Red God’ Premier Handicap under Fran Berry who took over from regular partner Chris Hayes. The latter, who had ridden the chesnut gelding in his four previous starts, was suffering the effects of a fall the previous day at Tramore.

“Panama Hat impressed me this time,’’ said Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin, who bought the son of Medicean in Ireland as a yearling at the 2012 Goffs Orby sale. “He had a lot going against him, yet he still won fairly easily, and his action looked a lot better to me on the synthetic. That makes me think the Diamond would be a good spot to try him in a Group 3.’’

Oliver has been dynamite for Team Valor this year, winning 6 of 8 starts between Panama Hat and Grandma’s Hands, another three-year-old whom Irwin mined out of the Goffs sale.

Two more winners for Winged Love

THE Tullyraine House Stud-based stallion Winged Love had two winners in the past week, the second of them, Cardigan Island, going in at Worcester on Tuesday.

Trained by Dai Burchell and ridden by Robbie Dunne, the brown gelding was winning for the first time since June last year. He was bred by Horse First’s Paddy Hughes out of the King Persian mare Wollongong.

On Saturday at Perth, Winged Love’s son Rowdy Rocher landed the extended two and a half mile novices’ handicap chase, holding off the Stuart Crawford-rained The Chief Villain by three-quarters of a length.

Also over a similar trip at the Scottish track, Jim Clements’s colours were carried to victory in the handicap hurdle by the Richard Johnson-ridden Pumped Up Kicks.

Jim, who now shares ownership in the Flemensfirth mare with Michel McCarthy, said that the Gordon Elliott-trained mare would probably return to Perth next month to resume her chasing career. She fell at the first at the same track on her first outing over fences in early July, coming out the next day to score over hurdles. Pumped Up Kicks won two point-to-points under Jim’s son Steven.

Amstecos winner: The Philippa Baird-owned and ridden Amstecos won the Downpatrick Racehorse to Riding Horse class at the Saintfield Horse Show held at Tyrella last Saturday.

The class was judged by Ann Ferris and Denis MacAuley and the Presenting gelding was an appropriate winner as during his racing days he was trained in nearby Downpatrick by Brian Hamilton although he never ran at his local track.

Chloe Thompson placed second on Gigginstown House Stud’s Mossbank, who is produced by Alistair McDonald, while young Emma Lappin finished third with Bat Out Of Hell.

Ladies day: Bank holiday Monday is ladies’ day at Downpatrick so expect plenty of style and glamour.

The finalists in the Miss Northern Ireland competition will be in attendance, there will be music before racing with Just Adam and after racing with The Chancers. The first 100 ladies through the turnstiles wearing a hat or fascinator will receive a complimentary pre-race tipple courtesy of Shortcross Gin, the new craft gin being distilled at Rademon.

A raffle will be held during the day (tickets £5) for a diamond ring worth £1,000 courtesy of Murphy Jewellers Downpatrick, while the lady judged the most appropriately-dressed will win a trip for two to the Dubai World Cup including hospitality at Meydan racecourse, flights and accommodation.

Down Royal: There’s an all National Hunt card next Friday, August 29th at Down Royal where the feature race is the Kerry Foods Rated Hurdle. The title sponsor in Musgrave Retail Partners NI, other races running under such banners as Molson Coors, Irwins Bakeries, SHS Sales & Marketing, Tayto Group, Walkers Communications and Dale Farm.

WEG: The best of luck to northern-based riders Clare Abbott and Joseph Murphy who are competing in the eventing competition at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy. The dressage phase starts on Thursday.