IRISH-BASED trainers enjoyed success at Ayr on Tuesday, supplying three of the seven winners on the card.

James Lambe’s Cinder Rua (4/1), ridden by Liam McKenna, picked off the odds-on favourite Conquer Gold to win by four lengths the Cotter’s Edge Mares’ Maiden Hurdle.

“She’s been a little frustrating, but ran well in defeat including in a 15 grand chase at Fairyhouse. We knew she was capable of winning a race, it’s just taken a while for everything to slot into place,” Lambe said.

Neil McKnight won with his first runner at the track when Master Ruffit came home in front in the first division of the Annick Gardens National Hunt Maiden Hurdle. Sent off at 16-1, the eight-year-old mixes his time under Rules and in point-to-points.

The final win of the day for the Irish at the Scottish track came when Art Lord (7/1) won the Elliston Park Handicap Chase for Dublin handler Karl Thornton and jockey Graham Watters.

Meanwhile Gordon Elliott enjoyed a double over the weekend at Wolverhampton last Friday and Kempton on Sunday with National Service, owned by Tom Howley.

Liam Keniry rode the five-year-old to hold on in the Ladbrokes Handicap at Wolverhampton, while in Kempton he travelled out strongly to take the Devices Handicap for jockey Timmy Murphy.