STAYING ARTICLE, runaway winner of a recent Punchestown bumper on his debut, collared odds-on favourite Rivage D’Or close home to land the Racing Again At Naas On 24th November Maiden Hurdle at Naas yesterday.

PAUL CARBERRY ended a lean spell, stretching back to a double at Gowran Park on March 20, when registering a double on Cottage Oak and What’s Up Gorden at Punchestown last night.

FEW sportsmen are tougher than jump jockeys. And David Casey proved the point emphatically when scoring on Boulavogue in the Ballybin Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday.

IT’s a long way from Banbridge in Co Down to Clonmel, but it paid off for trainer, Jerry Cosgrave, when his Dick Naylor won the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

PUNTERS took a St. Patrick’s Day pasting at both Down Royal and Wexford yesterday as a succession of favourites, three of them at odds-on, were turned over.

ONE Thousand Guineas double winner, Finsceal Beo, is among an elite group of six horses nominated for the horse of the year award from Horse Racing Ireland.

Wild Passion made a highly satisfactory chasing debut when he ran out the comfortable winner of the Panoramic Restaurant Beginners Chase at Punchestown yesterday.

TIMMY MURPHY earned all the plaudits when giving Hi Cloy an ice-cool ride to take the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse yesterday.