Osborne provides the magic

RACING: If this week does turn out to be the last Tralee festival then no one will have fonder memories than Robbie Osborne who won yesterday's Carlsberg Ruby Stakes with Latino Magic.

It was a first ever black type success for the 26-year-old Curragh trainer and it came in dramatic fashion as Latino Magic scraped home by a short head from Hymn Of Love.

The latter's trainer, Dermot Weld, was convinced he had come out on top but instead it was Osborne who got the nod to set up a possible expedition to the US.

"I would love to go for a Group race with him and that might mean travelling. A galloping track like Belmont would suit in something like the Jamaica Handicap or maybe the Calder Derby in Florida," said Osborne who is in his fourth season training.

The flop of the race was Snippets who struggled from half way and trailed in last. "She was the first one beaten," said a mystified Kevin Manning.

If Weld was feeling sore after that race he had only half an hour to wait for compensation as Pat Smullen powered Music Celebre to a short head defeat of Sahara Prince in the mile handicap.

"Pat deserved that because he gave Hymn Of Love a class ride," Weld said.

When it comes to equine class, however, the fallout from yesterday could principally concern the latest Ballydoyle two-year-old winner.

Practically nothing went right for Five Dynasties, breaking badly, getting checked in his run, receiving a slap from another jockey's whip, and generally running green, yet he still won impressively.

No one was more impressed than Mick Kinane who reported: "He went around there like a pro. He did it very well."

Wexford trainer Paul Nolan will be anxiously checking Say Again's legs this morning after the former Galway Hurdle winner won his first chase in a tight finish from Pro Dancer.

"I walked the course twice but it dried out before racing because John (Cullen) said the horse was minding himself on it. Hopefully we still have a sound horse," Nolan said.

Davy Russell had a fall in this race and was taken to hospital. However, he escaped with soft tissue bruising and was stood down for 48 hours.

Noel Meade continued his dominance of the three-year-old hurdle as More Rainbows provided him with a fifth success in a row in the race.

Yesterday's total attendance at Tralee was estimated at 5,000 by the manager Tim Griffin.