Young Finnegan a star in the making

On a night when the legendary Lester Piggott cut the ribbon to officially open the new entrance building at Tipperary racecourse, it was Robert Tyner’s Young Finnegan who stole the show in the Healy Partners’ Architects Maiden Hurdle.

The strapping gelding created a good impression when winning a bumper at Cork and destroyed this field to score by 12 lengths.

Ruby Walsh allowed the seven-year-old to stride on going to the fifth last and only had to nudge him out up the straight to beat Popmurphy.