THE ground was soft for the first day of Ballinrobe’s July fixture where a seven-race flat card saw Shane Foley notch a double which he completed on all-the-way winner Brewel Hill (9/2) in the Tote Guarantee Available On-Course Handicap.

Trained for the An Stil Beatha Syndicate by Peter McCreery, the Sageburg gelding held on well in the extended nine-furlong contest to beat Sirjack Thomas by three-quarters of a length.