BRIAN Hayes completed a 56/1 across-the-card treble as he added to a winner at Listowel earlier in the day with a Tramore evening meeting double via Le Roi Du Livet and Butch Coolidge.

Le Roi Du Livet made smooth headway on the downhill run to two out in the Dunmore East Maiden Hurdle and took control approaching the last to beat the staying on Drombane by two and a half lengths.

“It took him a long time to get his head in front. He looked to be going terribly easy through the race and I thought he was going to win very impressively, but he didn’t kill himself in front,” said Philip Fenton who trains the 15/8 shot for Patricia Hogan.

“He was just chinned on the line here in his bumper, so that was the idea of coming back here. He is for sale and is a lovely, well-balanced, active, sort of horse.”

Bowe winner

Butch Coolridge is certainly bred in the purple, being by Walk In The Park out of Solerina, and Hayes again made his move before the penultimate flight in the Group Packages And Discounts At Tramoreraces.ie Maiden Hurdle with the Bowes’ home-bred gelding keeping on well to beat Tolka Row by a length and three-quarters.

“He’s a year older now and it (improvement) goes with that family. A hood was a big help to him as well; he just lost his race at the start a few days last year,” said trainer Harry Kelly before adding: “The horse was working really well at home, and I’m delighted for the lads. It wasn’t the worst race in the world for an ‘unplaced maiden’ and he jumps a fence as well.”

Ewing strikes for two wins

SAM Ewing also partnered a double on the card, taking the opening two races aboard Emily Love and Dinoland.

Emily Love (100/30), a five-time winner over hurdles, took full advantage of the fall of 4/9 favourite Future Prospect at the penultimate fence to take the Curraghmore Mares Beginners Chase.

The hot-pot was just joined by Emily Love when exiting two out, leaving Gordon Elliott’s charge to hold off Beauforts Storm by half a length.

Elliott’s assistant Ian Amond said: “She probably wants a bit further ideally, but she jumped well. Jim (Reilly) has had horses with Gordon since he started, and he doesn’t come racing much any more, so it worked out great that he was here today.”

Double up

Dinoland completed the 14/1 double, when readily following up a win at Downpatrick in the Racing TV Handicap Chase, stretching clear after two out to beat Killinure Lass by 13 lengths.

The 5/2 favourite is trained for a partnership including Nigel O’Hare and Mark Devlin by Ross Crawford, who said: “He won a couple of races for John McConnell, and I don’t have him that long. Good ground and a jump is probably the key to him. It took me four hours getting here today and it will be a wee bit shorter going home anyway!”

Ewing, along with Niall Moore and Jordan Canavan, were each given a one-day suspension following two false starts before this race.

Poignant victory

The other race over fences went the way of Menas Miracle (8/1), who recorded a poignant victory in the two miles six furlongs Tramore Handicap Chase, getting the better of the veteran Fr Gilligansvoyge to score by three and a quarter lengths.

“The man that had her, Peter Aspel, was only buried two weeks ago and his son (Nicholas) took the mare over. It’s sad that she didn’t win for him the last day in Wexford, but I’d say he was driving her on tonight,” said trainer Brendan Walsh.

“She’ll go for another one of those races now somewhere on good ground.”

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The 6/1 chance was never too far from the pace and kept on well on the run-in under John Gleeson to beat Avandra by two lengths.

“There was a delay at the start last time in Wexford and the horse became a little bit disgruntled. I think he backed off the first a bit and he was in trouble from there. Horses are like people; they can have days on and days off. We’ll be back here in August,” said veteran trainer John Kiely.

Gleeson was accompanied by his father Brian and grandfather Liam and Kiely reflected on their long association adding: “We’re together for 40 years. I was here for my first win in 1953, I was the groom!”

One better

Gortnaclea Castle, twice runner-up in bumpers earlier this year, went one better in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Mares) INH Flat Race for owner/trainer Mark Quigley.

Adam Ryan’s mount emerged from the mist and gathering gloom, striding clear inside the final furlong to beat fellow 15/8 joint-favourite Cotswold Blue by four and three-quarter lengths.

“She’s a very good filly. In Clonmel when she finished fifth, she was in season the next morning. The last day she backed it up and today she put it all to bed. She digs deep,” said Quigley, who is based at Ballacolla in Co Laois.

“We’ll give her a little bit of a break now and then go for a maiden hurdle. She has a bit of size to her, and I’d say she’ll go on any ground.”