TONY McCOY, on a flying visit to Clonmel yesterday, took no prisoners when guiding the Joe Crowley-trained Good Harvest to victory in the Laganore Maiden Hurdle.

JOHN KIELY’S G’Day Mate is fancied to get the weekend off to the perfect start by landing the opening Winter Festival 2006 Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

TOM TAAFFE, very much looking forward to throwing down the gauntlet to Beef Or Salmon with Kicking King in Saturday’s James Nicholson at Down Royal, was on the mark at Clonmel yesterday when Man About Town justified favouritism in the John Costigan Memorial Novice Hurdle.