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THE Dessie Hughes-trained Quiet Word proved the equine star of last night’s action in sun-drenched Ballinrobe, the Bryan Cooper-ridden gelding scoring a smooth success over Lend A Hand Son in the Irish Stallion Farms Novice Hurdle.

THEY have been the GAA’s Celtic Tiger equivalent of the New York shopping trip: fashionable, hassle-free and, according to many, excellent value for money, but the foreign training camp is in danger of becoming another victim of the recession.

FORMER Mayo star turned television pundit, Kevin McStay, had reason to take particular pride in the victory over Tyrone in Saturday’s Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC quarter-final in Croke Park.