It may look as though winners are coming easily to Gordon Elliott right now but he is ably assisted from the saddle and Davy Russell was at his brilliant best aboard tricky customer Lieutenant Colonel when taking the UCC Horse Racing Society Hurdle on Student Raceday in Mallow.

EQUUS MAXIMUS, who has proved largely disappointing since being launched over flights, is the nap choice in the Free Beer Play After Racing Maiden Hurdle at Limerick this evening.