Denis O’Regan was in cracking form at Ayr with a treble highlighted by imposing Cheltenham hope Quwetwo in the Blue Square Poker Novices’ Hurdle.

Co Down handler Liam Lennon notched his first winner under Rules for five years as Mr Multifix led home an Irish one-two in the ROA Scotland Supports Scottish Racing Maiden Hurdle at Ayr.

Seemingly from nowhere, Martin Brassil has emerged as one of this country’s rising training talents over the past two years. But, as Declan Colley discovered, the quietly spoken Curragh handler prefers to let his charges do the talking for him.