Mikey Fogarty took the riding honours on ‘Amateur’ day in Cork yesterday, completing a double on De Benno and Don’t Back Down, but also picked -up a four-day whip ban.

Donal Coffey’s mare Top Madam (9/4 favourite) bounced back to winning form when landing the Marin Reilly BMW Dealer Novice Hurdle at Sligo last night, staying on stoutly from the second last to beat market rival Dara Tango by a length.

Tom Mullins followed in the footsteps of his father, Paddy, and his brothers, Willie and Tony, when enjoying a first success in the Galway Plate with Bob Lingo at Galway yesterday.

Galileo’s Choice proved himself on course for the William Hill Supreme Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham when scoring a smooth success in the Easter Festival 8th-10th April Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday.

THE Tony McCoy-ridden Captain Cee Bee bagged the Kevin McManus Bookmakers Grimes Hurdle spoils at Tipperary yesterday, holding the tenderly-handled The Real Article by the minimum margin as both horses proved their well-being ahead of next week’s Galway Festival.

JOHNNY MURTAGH consolidated his position at the top of the jockeys’ championshipwhen guiding Adiynara to a smooth success in the 2011 Pride Of Tipperary Launch Race at Tipperary last night.

TRAINERS Charlie Swan and Tony Martin took the training honours at Limerick yesterday, Swan doubling-up for champion owner J P McManus with Prince Of Fire and Rourke’s Cross while Martin combined with Ruby Walsh to register a handicap hurdle double with Redera and Somatic.

THE 2007 Champion Hurdle hero, Sublimity, turned back the clock at Cork yesterday with a game success in the McCarthy Insurance Group Hurdle.

Paul Carberry was seen at his brilliant best when bringing Save My Blushes from last to first to land the Grade 3 Kilbegnet Novice Chase at Roscommon yesterday.

THEY say that truth is stranger than fiction and it was surely never better illustrated than by the circumstances which saw Tony McCoy pilot Finger Onthe Pulse to victory in the www.thetote.com Galway Plate yesterday.

PAUL TOWNEND landed a double at Cork yesterday, producing a particularly fine effort to take the featured Kinsale Handicap Chase aboard Keys Pride.

ERIC McNAMARA’S Faltering Fullback made a smashing debut over fences when taking the Kevin McManus Beginners Chase at Listowel yesterday.

ANY doubts about Fiveforthree staying three miles were totally dispelled when he ran away with the Grade 1 ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

GLENFINN Captain, successful on his seasonal debut at the track, continued on an upward curve with a smooth victory in the Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

THE Grand National may have been the feature at a packed Cork yesterday, but as far as the future is concerned there was one horse who literally took your breath away and that was Paul Nolan’s Alpha Ridge in the Dial-A-Bet 1800 721 821 EBF Novice Hurdle.

JERED advertised his Smurfit Champion Hurdle credentials when outpointing Cork All Star in the Grade 3 Anglo Irish Bank Hurdle at Down Royal yesterday.

PAT SMULLEN continued his determined quest to regain the Jockeys Championship when partnering Graceful Star to victory in the opening two-year-old fillies maiden at Roscommon yesterday.

ON YOU GO, the first horse Eugene O’Sullivan has had for J P McManus, gave the trainer his first winner at Tipperary when landing the John Harney Bookmaker Handicap Chase last night.

ERIC McNAMARA'S Mareoflot took her total to three wins in four races with a smooth victory in the Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Chase at Cork on Saturday.

TONY MCCOY emerged as the leading rider at the three-day Festival meeting at Fairyhouse, having registered his fourth win of the week on board the Tom Taaffe-trained Glenfinn Captain in the Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Novice Hurdle yesterday.

THE performance of Beef Or Salmon, on his first outing over flights for a very long time, didn't exactly excite in the Racing Post In Ireland Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday.

OSCAR’S ADVANCE proved far too good for Drunken Disorderly in the INH Stallion Owners’ EBF Novice Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.

THIRTEEN horses remain in Saturday’s eagerly awaited James Nicholson Wine Merchant Champion Chase at Down Royal, following yesterday’s supplementary and forfeit stage.

ON a day when the news broke that Tony McCoy is to take over as first jockey to Jonjo O’Neill, the Castletownroche-born trainer celebrated by saddling two Grade One winners at Punchestown with Rhinestone Cowboy and Cherub.

ROOSTER BOOSTER, runner-up to Sacundai in the Martell Cognac Aintree Hurdle 12 months ago, will bid to go one better in the Grade One contest tomorrow.

Rooster Booster, runner-up to Sacundai in the Martell Cognac Aintree Hurdle 12 months ago, will bid to go one better in the Grade One contest on Saturday.

RHINESTONE COWBOY is all set to lead Jonjo O’Neill’s assault on Saturday’s Martell Cognac Aintree Hurdle at the Liverpool course.

JOHN MAGNIER and J P McManus found themselves on the opposite side of the fence at Clonmel yesterday.

THIERRY DOUMEN created a mild surprise when landing the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown yesterday with Foreman. It was his first ever runner in Ireland, his first winner in Ireland as a trainer and a first success in a Grade One for the 24-year-old.

THE Irish Cup developed into a real McManus family affair at Ballybeggan Park in Tralee yesterday.

LE COUDRAY, considering the extremely testing cconditions, produced a sparkling display to outclass Barrow Drive in the Pierse Group Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse yesterday.