Deon Cross was tackled inches brief after which had an eighth-minute rating chalked off for a ahead go as Salford made a quick begin.
However having survived the early strain, Castleford drew first blood as Rowan Milnes’ kick by way of discovered Qareqare in area on the correct to race over unchallenged.
In a gap half excessive on attrition, Salford tied the scores when Macdonald confirmed large power to the touch down, hitting Sneyd’s brief go at tempo and dragging two defenders over the road with him.
Macdonald thought he had a second when he outjumped Jacob Miller to gather Sneyd’s excessive kick, however video referee Aaron Moore dominated it out for a knock-on.
Cas had ridden their luck, but it surely ran out when Horne noticed yellow within the thirty second minute for a late hit on Partington and Salford cashed in.
Fast play from a scrum allowed Brierley to race over in the correct nook, with Sneyd’s touchline conversion giving the hosts a six-point lead.
After surviving three repeat units straight after the break, Castleford turned the sport on its head with two tries in 5 minutes.
A fast sweeping transfer gave Qareqare a transparent run to the correct nook and Salford’s left edge was once more discovered wanting when lacklustre tackling allowed El-Zakhem to race in from vary.
However the pendulum swung once more when Ryan intercepted Tex Hoy’s go and ran in from 70 metres.
Cas once more shipped factors whereas a person brief as Partington went over from shut vary a second after he had taken a excessive hit which put Sylvester Namo within the bin.
Tim Lafai then gave Hankinson a transparent run to the road to provide the hosts respiration area at 30-16, with Sneyd extending his good afternoon with a fifth objective.
Johnson broke by way of two tackles and muscled his manner over to scale back the deficit to eight factors with 9 minutes left, however Salford, this time, held on.