Yaroom gives Hern a lift

Hal Hoo Yaroom was a timely third winner of the year for Dick Hern yesterday. The former champion trainer has been having a poor season but his stable looks to be running into form in time for Alhaarth's run in the Irish Derby.

After Hal Hoo Yaroom had made all the running under Richard Hills in the Tote Credit Maiden Stakes, Hern's travelling head lad, Peter West, said: "The horses are just coming to themselves and Alhaarth is very well. It must be a good two years since we had a winner here, I think."

Brett Doyle and Clive Brittain, the jockey/trainer partnership who team up with Amfortas in the Irish Derby, collected a double with Influence Pedler in the Tote Dual Forecast Handicap and Hippy in the Tote Place Only Maiden Stakes.