Review galway 26th Oct

Gordon Elliott's Whistling Dixie disappointed her followers when finding Elusive Ivy too strong in the www.galwayraces.com Mares Maiden Hurdle at Galway.

A smart operator in bumpers last year, Whistling Dixie was sent off the 2-7 favourite but was hard at work and only narrowly ahead on the home turn.

Brien Kane found a gap after the last on Gavin Cromwell's 8-1 chance Elusive Ivy, and she shot through to score by a length and a quarter.

Elliott gained quick compensation when 8-13 favourite Captain Von Trappe made virtually all to run out a bloodless winner of the W.B. Gavin & Co. EBF Beginners Chase.

Bryan Cooper was happy to kick on with over a circuit to go, and he kept on well to score by 13 lengths from The Winkler .

Baily Cloud (7-2) got the better of another of Elliott's charges in Altiepix , as he edged the verdict by a nose in the Barna Recycling Rated Novice Hurdle.

The result could have been so much different had favourite Childrens List , who swept past the pair after the second last, had not thrown Ruby Walsh off after a blunder at the last, but Mark Enright drove Baily Cloud to win after a head-to-head battle to the line.

Walsh soon recovered, giving The Job Is Right a peach of a ride to land the John Mulholland Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle.

There were plenty in with chances at the second last and Walsh was not the obvious choice, but the 16-1 chance kept finding more for his rider's urgings to get up late and beat Master Appeal .

That was part of a double for Hourigan, whose Hash Brown (5-2 favourite) battled bravely for Barry Geraghty in the Ennis Lifts Handicap Chase, reeling in Ravished late on and scoring by a head.

Things were much easier for Niall Madden on Tomcoole Lad (10-1), who ran on strongly after the last to land the Corrib Food Products Handicap Chase for trainer Liam Byrne.