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SATURDAY night’s card at Galway featured three semi finals of the Bal- lyea GAA Club A3 525 Buster Stake and in the opening heatm the the Mrs Mary Jones owned Lingrawn Ram- bler got back on the winners rostrum as he satyed on strongly to defeat Crafty Classico by a half a length in PRS
In the second heat all six runners Came away as one with the reserve Outback Maverick just holding a fractional advantage rounding the Opening two bends. But it was Cal- lums Honcho who railed well turn- ing in before getting the better of Leonies Aoife by a neck in 29.54.
The concluding heat saw the good recent form of the Ann Maire Mc- Grath kennel continue as her repre- sentetive Saints Above (Blackjack Tom-Mi Viva) powered home seven lengths clear of her rivals in a time of 29.22. The final is down for deci- sion on Friday night and officers of the Ballyea Club are expecting a big turnout for the occasion which sees €1,200 going to the winner.
In the eigth contest over the 550 yard trip for A4 graders, Tiermana Rosie (T5) stormed up the home straight to record a victory for owner Noel Moroney of Ennis in a time of a OPz
The tenth contest at the Collage
Road venue on Thursday night was an A4 graded 550 and the Master Michael Browne of Cree owned Burnpark Enda needed no second in- vitation as he went clear for a 1&3/4 length victory in 30.86
The fourth event was an N2 graded 525 in which a wholesale punt on the trap one runner Cracking Spirit went west when he ran wide off the open- ing corner allowing the trap six run- ner Inagh Mal slip through to lead by a length turning down the back. Racing past halfway the Michael McGuane of Inagh owned Inagh Mal had extended his advantage to three lengths over Ms Firesparker who closed slightly as they began the swing for home but Inagh Mal (Droopys Maldini-Inagh Spice) drew away up the straight to win in 29.70
The concluding contest of the night which was an A2 contest also went the way of the Browne family from Cree where from traps Torpais Mai (14) and Burnpark Tracy (T3) were away best and they disputed the lead on the run to the opening corner but Burnpark Tracy was in control up front as she came clear for a three length success in 29.50
Clare’s only winner on Friday night came in the eight race – an A4 event — where up the straight, the P.J O’Halloran trained Wood Sweet came clear to win by a length and a half in 29.59.