SWORD FISH, trained by Christy Roche for J P McManus, sprang a mild surprise when popping up at 14-1 in the valuable Supporters’ Club Lartigue Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

PUNCHER Clynch clouded the Classic issue when springing a surprise in the P.W. McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

Zoffany made a pleasing debut with a cosy victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Leopardstown to justify odds of 4-7.