Willie Mullins took the feature, Gordon Elliott added two to his tally, the fine form of the Pat Fahy stable continued unabated with another brace, and a Charles Byrne-trained horse landed a tidy gamble. Clonmel, on a crisp spring afternoon, was a microcosm of the national hunt season thus far.

Punchestown steps in to host the previously abandoned programme from Wexford, and Do Be Doin’ can take the three-mile-one handicap chase for Martin Hassett.

Augustin sets a decent standard in the Ardfinnan Flat Race, the bumper on today’s Clonmel card.

Our Katie, trained by Garry Ahern, followed-up a recent course success when justifying 11/10 favourite in the opening Irish Stallion Farms Mares Novice Chase in Thurles yesterday, sparking a double for jockey Brian Hayes.