The opening juvenile auction fillies maiden was delayed by ten minutes after a bizare incident at the start which left champion apprentice Tadhg O'Shea standing alone in the stalls.
A false start was immediately called and O'Shea explained afterwards: 'My mount, Attanagh, was lying awkwardly in the stalls, and I had taken my feet out of the irons and put them on the side of the stalls when they opened.'
Sineogron was fast away at the first time of asking, and the well-backed 5/4 favourite broke just as smartly at the second attempt for Philip Carberry, making all to beat the staying on Attanagh by three lengths.
'I was a bit worried after the false start, but fair play to Philip as he pulled her up very quickly. She has plenty of speed, and we could take her back to five furlongs for a nursery,' said winning trainer James Burns.
Wayne Smith had an up and down evening when successful aboard In Theory in the three-year-old auction maiden, but also picking up a two day suspension for insufficent effort.
In Theory struck the front off the home bend to beat the odds-on Major Title by two lengths, and trainer Ger Lyons said, 'He's a small horse, and handled the track well.'
Smith will miss two days at the Galway Festival (August 1-2), and was also ordered to forfeit his riding fee, for making 'insufficent effort' on the Tony Martin-trained Nopolo in the claimer. The stewards took into account Smith's exemplary record in this regard over a 14 year riding career.
The upcoming Galway Festival is on the minds of most people at present, and Michael McDonagh nominated the Ballybrit venue as next on the agenda for Andretti Castle after the seven-year-old overcame a three months lay-off to land the handicap chase under Kieran Gaule. 'His back wasn't right after running at Cork in April, and hopefully he'll be okay after this to go for either a hurdle or chase at Galway,' said McDonagh.
Fran Berry brought his tally for the season to 21 when producing the Ger O'Leary-trained Gravy Train with a well-timed challenge to pip topweight Still Going On by a neck in the claimer.
Dorans Pride made his last racecourse appearance when paraded after the third race. The 13-year-old gelding recorded the first of his 29 wins under rules in a bumper here nine years ago, and also won a point-to-point and a charity race.
Alan Magee
