In-form Paul Townend deputised successfully for Bryan Cooper on the Mouse Morris-trained Ravished in the €50,000 Midlands National at Kilbeggan last night.

Kala Brandy, winner of her bumper in Wexford in March, might be capable of landing the Irish Stallion farms Mares Maiden Hurdle in Cork tonight for Paul Townend, fresh from his three winners at the Punchestown Festival last week, and his dad Tim.

Solita, locally trained by Paul Nolan, gave punters plenty to cheer about in sunny Wexford yesterday as she came from last to first under Luke Dempsey to justify favouritism in the Courtown Rated Novice Hurdle.

Rubi Light got the better of He’llberemembered after a titanic tussle to land the featured Arctic Tack Stud Veterans Handicap Chase in Wexford yesterday.