BALLYCULLEN BOY, trained near Limerick racecourse by Maureen Danagher, made a solid start over fences when taking the Gurtinard Beginners Chase at Listowel yesterday.

PAT VERLING produced Berkley cherry-ripe after a long, tough season to land the featured Killarney 250 Handicap Chase as another good crowd turned out in the sunshine at the Kerry track yesterday evening.

TRAINER, Pat Hughes, lashed out at an on-course bookmaker after his newcomer, Farmer Brown, had landed a gamble in the Kevin McManus Champion Bumper at Limerick yesterday.

FOR the third time in as many runs over fences, Dusty Sheehy’s Kahuna failed to deliver for punters at Thurles yesterday.

THE rapidly improving Callow Lake struck a blow for the four-year-olds when leading his rivals a merry dance in the Nire Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.