Darby Wall made amends for a fall at the previous meeting by battling to success in the paddypower.com Amateur Riders’ Handicap Chase at Cheltenham.

TEEMING RAIN swooped late and fast to beat the gallant Sweet Kiln a short head in yesterday’s Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle at Thurles.

MICHAEL HOURIGAN, a trainer who has not been slow to criticise jockeys in the past, described Paul Carberry as a “genius” after the brilliant rider had partnered the Limerick handler’s The Screamer to win the Smithwicks’ Handicap Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

GALWAY Hurdle hero Cloone River made a smashing start over fences when outclassing his rivals in the Meadowlands Hotel Beginners Chase at Tralee yesterday.

KING CAREW, the horse who gave Timmy Murphy one of the worst falls ever seen on an Irish racecourse at last year’s Galway Festival, made it up to the pilot somewhat when landing the featured May Bank Holiday Handicap Chase at Limerick yesterday.

THE YOUNG BISHOP, trained locally by Bill Harney, proved a popular winner of the Devil’s Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles yesterday.