FOUR local trainers saddled winners during the past week, starting on Saturday at Galway where Dylan Browne McMonagle partnered the Natalia Lupini-trained Oriole to victory in the mile and a half handicap.

A five-year-old mare by Nathaniel, Oriole, who was sent off at odds of 7/1, was having her third start for Lupini and her third in the colours of the In For The Crack Syndicate whose members include the winning jockey’s father John. At Naas on Monday, the Andy Oliver-trained Apercu landed the extended 10-furlong handicap in the hands of Billy Lee. Team Valor’s consistent four-year-old Elzaam filly, who was recording her second career success, justified 5/2 favouritism by half a length.