Just three days before she saddles her first runner since being granted a trainer’s licence, Nina Carberry was on the mark when partnering the Noel Meade-trained Benemeade to victory in yesterday’s bumper in Downpatrick, the Ballyalton Flat Race.

RUBY WALSH, miles clear in the jockeys' championship with 91 successes for the season, can continue his relentless drive towards the magical century mark by landing a treble at Thurles this afternoon.

Schindlers Hunt looked a youngster to follow when announcing his arrival on the scene with a taking victory in the Durkan New Homes Novice Chase at Leopardstown.