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Michael Graham
Burke and O'Keeffe double up with Yaiza
Yaiza, near side, comes to challenge City Limits, far side
© Photo Healy Racing
Yaiza sealed a Tramore double for trainer Liam Burke and jockey Darragh O'Keeffe.
The nine-year-old gelding came out best in a battle with City Limits on the run-in of the extended two and a half mile handicap hurdle.
The winner took the honours by a neck at 12/1 from the second-placer at 9/2. Basil's Boy (10/3) finished third, a further three lengths adrift.
Liam Burke said: "It's great to have a double. It's like the good old days.
"He was a bit unlucky here the last day, he got no run really. They went very steady and got bunched and he just had nowhere to go coming down the hill. It put him out of it.
"He is a grand little horse but he has just had a couple of bouts of leg trouble. It's hard to keep him in one piece, he hasn't the best legs unfortunately. He has a good heart in fairness and likes this place."
Darragh O'Keeffe added: "I rode him once before and he won that day too. He probably needed the run the last day and he really pulled it out for me today."
O'Keeffe was earlier successful on Tom Gibney's Elegant Lass while Burke landed the preceding race on the card with Trees Valley
Additional reporting by Donal Murphy