THE biggest surprise about yesterday’s featured Kevin McManus Bookmaker Novice ’Chase at Cork wasn’t that Golden Row scored in a canter, but rather the fact the layers offered him at 4-7.

NOEL MEADE’S Instan was all the rage in the Mitsubishi McCarthy TV and Electrical Maiden Hurdle at Cork last night, finding 6-4 favouritism, from early offers of 5-2.