THE dual point-to-point winner Fernhurst Lad battled dourly through very testing conditions to land the Demense Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

FOOTY FACTS is the nap choice to land the opening Killinan Hurdle at Thurles this afternoon.

NICANOR, who once beat Denman at the Cheltenham Festival, should be finally ready to strike over fences in the Trim Beginners Chase at Navan this afternoon.

WILLIE MULLINS continued his terrific campaign when landing a treble at Clonmel yesterday.

IT’s a long way from Banbridge in Co Down to Clonmel, but it paid off for trainer, Jerry Cosgrave, when his Dick Naylor won the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.