Edward Lynam, who in terms of win money, always the better way to calculate Irish racing achievement, place money being only a consolation prize, has already passed the £100,000 mark and is in the top 10 trainers on the flat.

Geraldo, one of his two runners at the final Galway session, is napped to beat his nine rivals in the Trappers Inn Handicap. His best run so far this year was at the Curragh in May when he finished second in a mile handicap.

The winner had drifted from 3 to 1 to 7 to 1 but in the light of his American performances that was one handicap certainty that got away on us. Any notion that the American Derby win by Pine Dance was a fluke was dispelled when at Philadelphia Park on Monday when he won another regional Derby.

This could be the first leg of a double for Kevin Manning, whose mount Galanta (430) has on paper got plenty to do with Langkawi Island but will surely prove the stouter stayer of the pair over this extended mile.

A trainer with double prospects is Frances Crowley, who runs The Dell (3-30) in the featured Smirnoff Handicap Chase and Applause (5-30) in the winners' bumper.

This will be The Dell's first run being beaten by Lyreen Wonder at Navan in February but the stable is in good shape that he can win from the Compaq Galway Plate runner-up Monty's Pass.

Applause has been performing with consistency and when he won, he did so by a smashing 12-length margin. Here too the opposition is headed by Brenny's Pearl, who delivered at the festival here.

Northern Mill (5-0) will enjoy the services of Wayne Smith, one of thr best of the senior light weight jockeys in Ireland. She ran quite her best race to-date at Tralee, as it was only inside the final furlong that she surrendered the initiative to Rainbow Realm after having gone to the front a full mile from home.