Gentleman Duke, trained for JP McManus by Arthur Moore, landed the inaugural running of the John Mulhern Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Ballinrobe’s final meeting of 2014.

MEGANS JOY, very disappointing in the Galway Hurdle and absent since then, came right back to her best when taking the Grade 2 Ballykisteen Hotel and Golf Resort Hurdle at Tipperary yesterday.