Mikey Fogarty, who recently relinquished his amateur status, has certainly made a cracking start as a professional.

THE improving Charlie’s Vic gets the nod in the five-runner Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares’ Novice Hurdle at Downpatrick this afternoon.

Champion trainer Willie Mullins achieved another notable milestone in his remarkable career when the Ruby Walsh ridden Soll justified odds-on favouritism in the N.I. Hotels Federation Beginners Chase at Down Royal yesterday.