NIALL MADDEN emerged from yesterday’s Grade 2 MacLochlainn Road Markings Ltd Kinloch Brae Chase with great credit, guiding Cailin Alainn to a clever success.

CARRIGTWOHILL, Co Cork trainer, Terence O’Brien, produced a real shock when 20-1 shot Ballysassian made a winning debut over flights in the first division of the Ballynonty Maiden Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.