THE Gordon Elliott trained Tharawaat ploughed through a Ballybrit quagmire to defy top-weight in the Dara Cassidy Memorial Handicap Chase in Galway yesterday.

Gagewell Flyer ran out an impressive winner of the Slaney Novice Hurdle at Naas in what was a mixed renewal of the Grade Two event for Willie Mullins.

Mossey Joe was the surprise star of the show at Cork as jump racing returned to Ireland following the big freeze.