A FIVE-TIME winner on the flat, Leah Claire belatedly opened her account over hurdles when turning over odds-on favourite Ceol Rua in the Saltees Island Mares Novice Hurdle in Wexford yesterday.

SECRETSUBSTITUTE and Dearest Girl landed substantial on-course gambles in the flat action at Roscommon last night.

HEAVENLY BLUES, who performed solidly on the flat at Galway, came right back to his best over flights when storming to victory in the featured Kevin McManus Bookmaker Hurdle at Cork yesterday.