Dylan Browne-McMonagle with trainer Joseph O'Brien. Photo: Sportsfile
Dylan Browne-McMonagle bagged a double for Joseph O’Brien on Saturday while Oisin Orr was also in the winners’ enclosure.
Browne-McMonagle took a pair of wins for O’Brien at Limerick.
The Letterkenny man led favorites Gambe Veloci and Etna Rosso to victories.
On Gambe Veloci, sent off at 2/1, Browne-McMonagle won the Ardglas Stables Breeze-Up Maidan. The winning distance was around three-and-a-half-lengths with Nostringsattached, under the guidance of Robbie Colgan, second.
In the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden, Browne-McMonagle won on Etna Rosso, who left the traps as the 11/8 favorite.
Two furlongs from home, Browne-McMonagle hit the front and won with ease.
Orr is now Richard Fahey’s stable jockey and he guided the 8/11 favorite Old Smoke to a win in the Join The Vickers.Bet Free Bet Club Novice Stakes at Thirsk.
Orr nudged in to win by a head having pressed Abu Royal over the final furlong of the one-mile race.
Luke McAteer had a pair of winners during the week.
On Wednesday, McAteer took the 5/2 favorite Brave Troop to victory at Gowran Park for trainer Barry Fitzgerald.
It was a routine outing for McAteer, who had six lengths of a margin to James Henry, a 28/1 shot with Mark Enright in the saddle.
McAteer followed up by winning on Jim Bolger’s 5/4 favorite New Variant at Tipperary on Thursday. There, McAteer had over a length to spare on King Leodegrance, Aidan O’Brien’s 11/4 chance.
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