Orgilgo Bay, trained in Co Meath by John McConnell, put up a terrific performance to defy top weight in the valuable Lartigue Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

Sixteen-year-old Ronan Whelan enjoyed his second success when producing an accomplished display aboard Puncher Clynch in the featured Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Premier Nursery at Listowel yesterday.