Sir Frederick provided trainer Liam Burke and conditional jockey Kevin Coleman with the biggest wins of their respective careers by landing the William Hill Galway Plate.

SIR FREDERICK took his total of successes to five, all travelling right-handed, when proving far too good for the opposition in the Powerstown Chase at Clonmel last evening.

Conor O’Dwyer is worried the drying ground and a drop in trip might not be ideal for Southern Vic in the Dr P.J Moriarty Novice Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday.

MICHAEL DARCY took the riding honours on a day of shocks at Thurles yesterday, recording a double on Baily Breeze and Just.

WAR OF ATTRITION, even if his trainer Mouse Morris refuses to commit him to the race, remained firmly on the Gold Cup trail with a solid half a length defeat of Rathgar Beau in the Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

THE heavily-backed Oh Be The Hokey continued Charlie Swan’s rich vein of form when battling strongly to resist market rival, Joueur d’Estraval, in the McCarthy Group Insurance Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Pat Keane