Tramore was passed fit to race yesterday afternoon, but there will be another inspection at 8am this morning to determine whether the four-day festival can finally begin tonight.

CORK: 3.10 Clondinnery; 3.45 Silk Slippers; 4.20 Zataan; 4.50 Unity

THE Dessie Hughes-trained Quiet Word proved the equine star of last night’s action in sun-drenched Ballinrobe, the Bryan Cooper-ridden gelding scoring a smooth success over Lend A Hand Son in the Irish Stallion Farms Novice Hurdle.

THE tremendous success story of Gordon Elliott continued at Killarney last night when his Grand Opera completed a hat-trick in the featured Ladbrokes’ Gold Rush Handicap Hurdle.