“We’ll leave Kerry happy now,” said in-form trainer Willie McCreery, following the victory of Fact Or Folklore in the featured Guinness Premier Handicap on day four of the Listowel Festival.

Tom Tate cemented his new partnership with Jim Hay as Mull Of Dubai sprinted clear in the 10-furlong Bank Of Ireland Handicap at Chester.

DECLAN MCDONOGH struck a major blow in his bid to be champion jockey for the first time when landing a double at the first stage of the Listowel Festival yesterday.

RICHARD McLERNON, a nephew of one of the best National Hunt riders this country has ever produced, Tommy Carmody, looks a young man with a bright future.

Pat Keane