FOR the second week in succession one of Michael Halford’s Dubai representatives made a winning return to domestic action as the classy sprinter Russian Soul claimed the six-furlong Weatherbys Printing Race.

A Group 3 winner in 2013 and 2014, the seven-year-old had run three times in Dubai this winter and he made an immediate impact on his return to Ireland. This race was the first time since July 2013 that Russian Soul had competed outside of stakes’ company in Ireland and he relished the drop in class.