Wood Breizh, who had struggled over the winter on bad ground, ran away with the Average Pick 6 Dividend Maiden Hurdle for in-form Paul Townend at Tramore last evening.

Davy Russell inched closer to a century of winners and extended his lead over Ruby Walsh in the championship race to eight when Toner d’Oudairies became the defending champion’s 99th winner of the season with a comfortable win in the Follow Us On Twitter@fairyhouse Beginners Chase.