Denis O’Regan can make a successful start to his new role as retained rider to owner Barry Connell by taking the beginners’ chase at Fairyhouse aboard the Alan Fleming-trained Pistol Park.

Roger Loughran rode his first winner for Gordon Elliott when Buyer Beware, having his first run for the trainer and returning from a winter break, captured the opening Count Me In Maiden Hurdle in good style from Sold Heat at Downpatrick yesterday.