A trip to Britain, probably Perth next month, is on the cards for Esporao following his all-the-way win in the opening Down District Council Ladies Day At Downpatrick Maiden Hurdle on the Co Down track yesterday.

RUBY WALSH, out of luck on The Midnight Club in the National at Aintree on Saturday, journeyed to Tramore yesterday for just one ride, Uncle Junior in the Waterford and Tramore Disrectors’ Chase, and it duly obliged.

THE Dermot Weld-trained Anaverna earned a valuable bracket when making virtually all to land the Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Maiden at Wexford last night.