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Review galway 2nd Aug

As the Galway Festival drew to a close, those punters who backed horses that had run at Ballybrit previously flourished as four winners had been in action earlier in the week.

Harry Rogers' Fit The Cove (10-1) landed the feature Connacht Tribune Centenary Handicap, having won on Thursday. Carrying a 5lb penalty Willie Supple's mount showed great courage to win in a three-way photo.

"Fit The Cove is a real consistent horse," said Supple. "I was headed for a stride but he battled back, he did the same the other day.

"He's tough and very genuine."

Dermot Weld notched up his eighth winner of the week when Bobs Pride , third on the level on Tuesday, had no trouble justifying even-money favouritism in the Galway Bay FM Beginners Chase.

Weld's son Mark said: "It had been the plan all year to come and win a race at Galway with Bobs Pride.

"He is basically a summer horse and may come back here for a race in September."

Sharadi (6-1), yet another who had been in action earlier at the Festival, comfortably landed the Easyfix Handicap Hurdle under Mark Walsh.

Francis Flood's eight-year-old was third on Friday but came home four lengths clear of Moscow Mo Chuisle .

Francis Flood jnr said: "This is his second win of the year. he ran well here earlier in the week over a shorter trip. He certainly appreciated the extra distance today. We will probably run him in a similar race at Killarney later in the month."

John Carr, who made his name as trainer of Champion Hurdle winner Sublimity, won the Caulfield Industrial Handicap with Young Lochinvar (10-1), who had been unplaced on Wednesday.

One who hasn't been busy of late is Shark Hanlon's Darenjan (7-1), who won the Electronic Retail Security Handicap Hurdle for the second successive year without a run in between.

Hanlon said: "He has had a lot of little problems since his success in this race last year.

"It has been the plan for quite some time to bring him back for this race. I walked the track at 8am this morning and knew the ground was perfect for him."

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