TONY MCCOY emerged as the leading rider at the three-day Festival meeting at Fairyhouse, having registered his fourth win of the week on board the Tom Taaffe-trained Glenfinn Captain in the Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Novice Hurdle yesterday.

SHALAPOUR was cut by a number of firms for the Vodafone Derby after a smooth success in the Pricewaterhousecoopers Classic Trial at Gowran Park yesterday.

NOEL MEADE’S Dashing Home got odds-on punters off to the ideal start when landing the Blanchardstown Renault Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday.