NEW PHASE, winner of the contest a year ago, repeated the trick at Cork yesterday when landing the Follow Us On Facebook Hurdle.

THE potentially top-class Joncol, a horse who has been plagued by problems, made a fine start to the season when taking the John Meagher Memorial Chase at Thurles yesterday.

THE Austin Leahy trained Rheinland redeemed the promise of her Killarney second with a decent effort to land the Greenmount Conference Centre Mares’ Maiden Hurdle at Limerick last night.

Jafra made up for a recent fall at Navan as he ran out a ready winner of the Buttevant Maiden Hurdle at Cork.