STRABANE handler Barry Potts struck the first blow of the week for Tyrone when Dream Castle defied top weight in the Bank Of Ireland Handicap Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

CHENCHIKOVA, a full-sister to multiple Group One winner High Chaparral, was an impressive winner on her racecourse bow at Tipperary yesterday.

NINA CARBERRY continued in sparkling form at the annual Laytown meeting yesterday when partnering Rockazar to a narrow victory in the Hibernia Steel Amateur Handicap.