BAYVIEW WILD finished like a train to take the opening round heat in the Talking Dogs Dual Distance Stake.
Friday night’s Galway card featured the first-round heat of The Talking Dogs A4 Dual Distance Stake. The opening round heats are were over the 525 yards trip as are the semi-finals with the final over 550 yards and as the traps rose for the first heat Lakeside Albert on the wide outside was best away and racing towards the opening bend he led from Hollywell Mave with Cloneyogan Sydny in third place as they entered the back straight.
Racing along the back the front two remained the same as the Eoin Clancy owned Bayview Wild began to make ground from the rear. Rounding the home bend Lakeside Albert was two lengths to the good but the Stephen Murray of Sixmilebridge trained Bayview Wild (Ballymac Wild & Bayview Flyer) finished like a train down the inner to lead on the line and prevail by a neck in 29.68.
In heat number two Petes Noah, Hollywell Flint and Barntick Midget were all prominent on the run towards the opening bend rounding which there was plenty of bunching and this allowed the Gordon Vaughan owned Laois Lightening to slip through along rails and take command of the contest turning down the back with Guideys Bullet in pursuit six lengths adrift. Exiting the back straight the Donie Duggan of Tulla trained Laois Lightening (Ballymac Anton & Old Treasure) was out in splendid isolation as he cruised home four lengths clear of Guideys Bullet in 29.57.
On Saturday night, the card in Galway featured the opening round heats of The Barking Buzz App A6 525 yards stake with the A2 graded eighth race over 575 yards the top graded contest of the night as an excellent attendance enjoyed some exiting racing and close finishes.
In the opening contest for A7 graded runners Rylane Boss was first to show in the centre of the track and he led from Return Visit along the rails with Ballygibbon Ted in third place as they took the opening bend. Rounding the bend, the rail hugging Return Visit moved through to lead early in the back straight but passing the halfway point the Donie Duggan of Tulla owned and trained Rylane Boss was back upside out wide. Taking the third bend Rylane Boss took command of the contest and quickly shooting clear the son of Burgess Bucks and Notimetotalk scored by seven lengths from Return Visit in 29.52.
Lexis Sydney in the striped jacket was very smartly into stride in the S5 graded sprint contest and racing towards the opening bend he was chased by Flyers Hobbit and Grangeview Vixen on his inside. As the bend loomed the Michael and Liam Fitzgerald of Kilrush owned Flyers Hobbit moved through to join issue along the rails as they made the turn. Approaching the home bend the pair had the race to themselves with the Colm Fitzgerald trained Flyers Hobbit (Ballyhimikin Jet & Mildridge Dame) always doing enough to prevail by half a length at the line in 19.36.
The semi-finals of the Roma Casino Irish Cambridgeshire Open 750 served as the highlight on a red-hot card at Limerick on Saturday night and Patrick Guilfoyle landed both semis with his duo of Daleroad Poppy and Magical Poppet.
The opening semi was indeed stacked as it featured all of the opening round heat winners, however, it proved all one-way traffic as Daleroad Poppy raced to a commanding victory. In the second semi, Patrick Guilfoyle ensured he will be represented by fifty-percent of the field next weekend as Magical Poppet just saw off kennel companion Fashion Model.
