Dunlop completes Cookstown treble as Jordan wins Supersport

Michael Dunlop won the Open race and Moto3 event at the Cookstown 100 road race on Saturday to make it a treble at the Irish national road race meeting. Dunlop took an emphatic victory in the Open A Invitation Race on Friday and will have a further opportunity to add to his wins tally in the feature Cookstown 100 race later on Saturday afternoon. The 37-year-old produced a commanding display to take a start-to-finish success in the nine-lap Moto3 event over the 2.

1-mile Orritor circuit. Riding a Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Honda, Dunlop had 9. 8 seconds to spare over runner-up Dan Sayle at the chequered flag, with Chris Meyer in third making up the podium positions.

The Open A race was red-flagged because of an incident two thirds of the way through the event, with Dunlop declared the winner after a thrilling battle at the front with Michael Sweeney. The Republic of Ireland rider was right on the wheeltracks of his MD Racing Superstock BMW-mounted rival throughout and came in just 0. 87 seconds adrift of the Ballymoney rider, who narrowly missed improving his own circuit lap record from 2025 by one tenth of a second.

Darryl Tweed was third, followed by Kevin Keyes, James Chawke and Sean Brolly, Meanwhile Paul Jordan romped to victory in the Supersport race on his Jackson Racing V2 Ducati, having previously set the fastest speed in qualifying. The Magherafelt rider dominated throughout, constantly extending his advantage over nearest challenger Tweed, who had a deficit of 10. 5 seconds to Jordan by the end of the race.