Dermot Weld wasted no time in opening his account at this year's Galway Festival by taking the first race of the meeting, the Radissonhotelgalway.com & Galwaybayhotel.com Novice Hurdle, with Train Of Thought.

TONY MARTIN’S Redera can complete a hat-trick in the Gerry Igoe Land Drainage Handicap Hurdle at Roscommon tonight.