RONAN McNally’s training and placement skills were in evidence once again last Sunday at Downpatrick where, under a brilliant ride from Mark Walsh, The Trigger notched up his fifth successive victory in the space of five weeks.

The run, which started in a handicap chase at Tipperary on July 1st, encompassed handicap hurdles at Kilbeggan, Limerick and Galway before Sunday’s four-and-a-quarter-length victory in the near three-mile, and fairly wordy, Toals Dial-A-Bet Check Out Our Exclusive D-A-B Specials Handicap Chase.