Listen Dear, trained for the Supreme Horse Racing Club by Willie Mullins, proved the star of Ballinrobe’s final meeting of 2016 yesterday when making an impressive chasing debut in the Connacht Tribune Beginners Chase.

Marchese Marconi provided Sarah O’Brien with her second success in the saddle when getting the better of odds-on favourite Pique Sous in the Gorey Race in Wexford last night.

Promising newcomer Long Dog and Stephen Hero provided trainer Andy Oliver with a 90/1 double in Sligo last night.