KEN Condon could have plenty to look forward to with Harold Peto as the likeable juvenile completed a double for the trainer in the one-mile median auction maiden.

A crack at Sunday’s Eyrefield Stakes at Leopardstown could be next for Harold Peto who began his career with a promising sixth to Mohaayed over this course and distance a fortnight previously. That effort saw the Vale Of York gelding backed from as big as 10/1 in the morning into 11/4 second favourite here and he did not disappoint.

After making much of the running for Billy Lee, Harold Peto had most of his rivals at full stretch entering the last couple of furlongs. When he was asked to contain Avenante’s late challenge, Harold Peto responded willingly to succeed by a length and a half.

“Some of his siblings are quite useful and he was bred by a good breeder in Denis McDonnell,” reflected Condon, whose charge carries the colours of Australian-based Carl Howell. “He’s a very sound horse and we’d see him making up into a stakes horse over a mile and a quarter next year. If he doesn’t run on Sunday he could start off in something like the Ballysax Stakes back here in April.”

Condon was earlier on the mark with In Salutem (10/1) who ended a busy 2014 on a high in the five-furlong handicap. The winner hadn’t been at his best lately although his 22 previous appearances this year had yielded a victory and several solid runs in defeat.

The Shane Foley-ridden In Salutem launched a sweeping challenge from the rear shortly after halfway to defeat Saturday’s Cork winner Bubbly Bellini by a length and a half. The winner is owned by the trainer’s wife Pauline and her brother Declan Ryan.

“Overall he’s been a bit frustrating,’’ declared Condon. “He’s capable of useful form but it’s just a question of catching him on the right day.”

Hannah’s Magic could be one to keep in mind for the winter following an emphatic first career success in the 10-furlong Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap. Due to run again at Leopardstown on Sunday, she was settled off the pace by Sean Corby but she was going conspicuously well a quarter of a mile from home. With a furlong to run, the consistent 9/1 shot took charge of the race, eventually defeating Nancy Rose by three and a half lengths.

“It’s good to get a win into her, she’s been a bit unlucky through the season, and she’ll probably go to Leopardstown on Sunday,” said Moore whose wife Mary owns the daughter of Lomitas. “I think she could make up into a smashing dual purpose mare, she has a great attitude.”

Following her creditable fifth in the Birdcatcher on Sunday, Red Ivy (5/4) turned out fresh and well to claim the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden over an extended five furlongs. Chris Hayes made most of the running on the Clodovil filly and she battled on well when pressed by market rival Shanghai Beauty to score by a length and a half.

Deegan, who trains the filly for English owner David Walker, commented: “She ran well on Sunday. She got a bang coming out of the stalls which didn’t help but she rattled home. She needs a dig in the ground and she could start off in something like the Madrid next March before then taking in a Guineas Trial.”

Pat Smullen, who will reclaim his champion flat jockey crown this weekend, guided the Eddie Lynam-trained Princess Glamour to her first success in the three-year-old only mile handicap. The well-backed 11/2 chance, who is owned by the trainer’s long standing patron Trevor Dalzell, triumphed with a length and a quarter triumph over Dash.

“Pat said to keep her on next year as she might win another one. Her half-brother Astrophysics was placed in the Flying Childers Stakes this year so she has a bit of a page,” declared Lynam.

FLAT START

On his first flat start since winning over this course and distance in April, Hazariban (8/1) struck again under Derek MCormack in the one-mile, five-furlong handicap. The Sally Dempsey-owned five-year-old struck for home nearing the straight and looked to have done enough when shaking off Strandfield Lady heading into the last furlong. However, he needed the line late on as the strong finishing The Fox Tully closed in relentlessly to lose out by just a head.

“He loves this ground,” reflected Seamus Fahey. “He’ll go jumping now and he’s a small horse so he wouldn’t carry a lot of weight. He just hasn’t run for the last few months as the ground was too quick.”

The 78-rated Lettre De Cachet built on the promise of her second to Break My Mind at Fairyhouse last month by taking the one-mile, five-furlong maiden under Billy Lee. The Andy Oliver inmate headed the favourite Thunder Zone with over a furlong to run and kept on well to contain the effort of Very Intense by half a length.

“She’s improved with every run. She’s big and took plenty of time and Lady O’Reilly has been very patient,” reported Oliver. “She is in the sales next week but she could progress into a nice filly next year so we’ll have to discuss what we do with her.”

Donnacha O’Brien maintained his excellent finish to the season as he took the 47-70 rated mile handicap on Dick Donohoe’s Happy Anniversary (10/1). Almost a year to the day after she gave the trainer his most recent victory, the Paul Sweeney-owned eight-year-old led with just over two furlongs to run and she finished with three lengths to spare over Rose Angel.

“She missed the first half of the season with a stress fracture of a cannon bone and she’s only getting going now,” commented Donohoe, whose charge was due to turn out again at Dundalk last night. “She has won at Dundalk but the ease in the ground helped her. We might cover her in the spring and she might get some soft ground then.”

Whip bans

DEREK McCormack was slapped with an eight-day whip ban for his winning ride on Hazariban while Seamus Heffernan was given a three-day whip suspension after partnering Millington into fourth in the handicap won by Princess Glamour.