Shorter trip not a problem for Celestial Wave

THE progressive Celestial Wave and Nina Carberry proved an irresistible combination in the Dawn Omega Milk EBF Mares Novice Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

Adrian Maguire’s daughter of Taipan was completing a hat-trick over a trip, two miles, which is certainly on the short side.

But she did her job well, making every yard of the running and answering every call from Carberry to beat Josephine Cullen, who was trying to close when none too good at the final flight.