RORY CLEARY, fresh from finishing top flat jockey jockey at the Galway Festival, was on the mark again at Tipperary last night when guiding Nic’s Colleen to a smooth success in the Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap.

KICKHAM, owned by J.P. McManus , seventh in the Galway Guinness Hurdle, got back to winning form at Tipperary yesterday with a hard earned win in the Frank Hogan Limerick Mercedes Benz Novice Hurdle.

DERMOT WELD’S Mutakarrim eventually outclassed his rivals in the Millstreet Hurdle, after finding 1-3 from 4-9, at Cork yesterday.

AUSTIN LEAHY and Helen Keohane are developing into a potent combination and they added to their gains with Dusseldorf on Monday night when combining to take the Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Claiming Race at Killarney yesterday with All First.