DENIS O'REGAN, fresh from a career-best success on Ansar in the Galway Plate, landed another major pot at Listowel yesterday when partnering Kilbeggan Lad to a smooth victory in the Guinness Handicap Hurdle.

MICHAEL HOURIGAN, a trainer who has not been slow to criticise jockeys in the past, described Paul Carberry as a “genius” after the brilliant rider had partnered the Limerick handler’s The Screamer to win the Smithwicks’ Handicap Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

JOHN OXX introduced an imposing newcomer in Alamshar, owned by the Aga Khan, to land the Harvest Festival EBF Maiden at Listowel yesterday.