Bryan Cooper rode his first ever winner for Willie Mullins when guiding Gigginstown House Stud’s Don Poli to victory in the INH Stallion Owners’ EBF Maiden Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.

WATERFORD CRYSTAL has provided golf’s Irish Open at Killarney with another fillip by backing the event as an official sponsor.

YESTERDAY’S West Waterford Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Lismore is one that will live long in the memory of teenager Jason Kiely for the 18-year-old amateur from Herbertstown partnered an initial career winner aboard the Patrick Farrell-trained Haile Deadly in the winners of one contest.

CLARE exhibitor Tom Casey had an early showing season double at Bandon last Sunday, where he won the young horse and three-year-old horse championships.

The annual Crosbie Senior Foursomes at Cork Golf Club yesterday was won by senior internationals Patrick Harrington, Muskerry and Gerry O’Keeffe from Waterford.