Ballylickey. April 23rd 2006.
- Race 1: Novice & E Combined (€700)
Novice winner: Margaret & Nuala O'Brien's Margaret's Girl (Ulrika Herman). Trainer: Ulrika Herman
- Novice & E Combined: 1. F/N Racing's Direct Glance (Anina Tanno), 1/3 fav. (Trainer: R. Cleary);
- 2. J. O'Callaghan's Leesdale Star (J. Sheehy), 6/1 (Trainer: J. O'Callaghan);
- 3. Mary Sheehan's Current Supreme (Noreen McSweeney), 6/1 (Trainer: Mary Sheehan);
- 4th: P. Hayes' Perfect Fella (P. Hill), 6/1(Trainer: P. Hayes).
- 8l, 4l, 2l. 1m.37secs
- Also ran: Milly's Dream (D. Brickley).
- Race 1: Current Supreme led them off, followed by Leesdale Star and Milly's Dream. Direct Glance began to make progress and was in
front after the turn, where Perfect Fella was in brief contention. Margaret's Girl ran well enough, considering her greenness. She was the
only novice in the race and was awarded a win in that grade, which is the rule in combined events.
- Race 2: Grade B (€950):
- 1. Margie McSweeney's Home At Last (J. McSweeney), 1/3 fav; (Trainer: J. McSweeney)
- 2. D. Sheehan's Bachelor Boy (P. Hill), 4/1 (Trainer: D. Sheehan) ;
- 3. O'Reilly/Santry/Enright's Coalford Cobra (J.O'Donovan), 4/1 (Trainer: S. O'Reilly) ;
- 4. G. Cooke's Hello Horatio (Noreen McSweeney), 6/1 (Trainer: G. Cooke).
- 1 1/4l, 1 1/2l, 8l. 3m.38secs.
- Also ran: Better By Design (J. Sheehy), Crown Direct (T. O' Leary).
- Race 2: Home At Last led from the start. Better By Design gave chase but seems to have made a bad turn at the first. At halfway, Bachelor
Boy turned a little wide but still left it in front of Coalford Cobra. From here, it looked anyone's race, with nothing between the leading trio.
Bachelor Boy was less than fluent at the last turn but gave a good account of himself as he was racing in this grade for the first time.
- Race 3: Grade D (€800):
- 1. A. Hamilton's Matty O (J. McSweeney), no betting (Trainer: A. Hamilton);
- 2. K. Daly's Dilly's Oasis (Noreen McSweeney), 4/1 (Trainer: T. Forbes);
- 3. T. O'Donoghue/J. O'Riordan's Star's Rainbow (P. Hill), 2/1 (Trainer: J. O'Riordan);
- 4. A. Joyce's GT (J. Sheehy), 1/2 (Trainer: A. Joyce).
- 5l, 10l. 2m.32secs
- Race 3: Coming into view, having started outside, Dilly's Oasis was in front with Star's Rainbow in close touch. After the last turn, Matty O
had moved up to challenge but went off stride. Recovering quickly, he had no trouble overhauling Dilly's Oasis, while GT never got into the
hunt.
- Race 4: Grade C (€850):
- 1. Deirdre Goggin's Oreanna (Owner), 2/1 (Trainer: M. Goggin);
- 2. NG Racing's Greyfoot (Noreen McSweeney), 2//5 fav. (Trainer: Noreen McSweeney);
- 3. Daly/Twomey/Jennings's Shuttle Buddy (J. O'Donovan), 5/1; (Trainer: P. Daly);
- 4. Geraldine McCarthy/J. Kane's Twenty4Seven (T. O'Leary), 5/1 (Trainer: J. O'Donovan).
- 6l, 5l, 7l. 2m.35secs
- Race 4: Again in this, they started outside, and coming into sight, Shuttle Buddy looked well placed in front, followed by Oreanna and
Greyfoot. Having rounded this first turn, Shuttle Buddy went off stride as his hobbles snapped. Oreanna rounded the last ahead of Greyfoot
and on the run in, this pair were hard at it. But Oreanna can be as tough as they come and showed it here.
- Race 5: Golden Mile for non winners of Grade C (€850)
- 1. J. O'Donovan's Malabar (J. McSweeney), 6/1 (Trainer: J. O'Donovan);
- 2. M. Daly's Trackman (J. O'Donovan), 6/1 (Trainer: M. Daly);
- 3. Margaret Melvin/P. O'Brien's Frisco Lady (P. O'Brien), 2/1 (Trainer: Margaret Melvin);
- 4. N. Forbes' Ted Striker (Anina Tanno), 6/1 (Trainer: N. Forbes).
- 1/2l, 1/2l, 3l. 1m.40secs.
- Also ran: Lyons Mattison (Noreen McSweeney), 4/5 fav.
- Race 5: Malabar led from the start. Frisco Lady contended early but after the turn, it was Trackman who was in close pursuit. An exciting
finish between the first three.
- Race 6: Grade A (€1,300):
- 1. P. Hill's Casey B (P. Hill), 6/1 (Trainer: P. Hill);
- 2. T. Hill's Famous Hill (Anina Tanno), 4/1 (Trainer: T. Hill);
- 3. J. Mycock's Fidlin (J. McSweeney), 1/4 fav; (Trainer: J. Shanahan);
- 4. T. O'Reilly's Mack's Direct (J. O'Donovan), 6/1 (Trainer: T. O'Reilly).
- 1/2l, 4l. 3m.38secs.
- Also ran: Just Flash (Noreen McSweeney), Goldfella (D. Brickley)
- Race 6: A very good open race indeed. From the off, Fidlin and Famous Hill had their own tussle, while Casey B kept in touch. Mack's Direct
also looked to be in strong contention. After the half-way turn, Fidlin, Mack's Direct and Famous Hill were three abreast. Fidlin rounded the
last turn in front, followed by Famous Hill and Just Flash. On the run-in, Famous Hill led briefly, but Fidlin renewed his challenge. Famous
Hill prevailed but then Casey B arrived with one of his renowned late efforts.
- Best turned out: Home At Last
- Leading jockey: John McSweeney