Memorable day for Ryan and Brassil families

Cnoc Na Sioga, 8/1 outsider of the four runners, provided the Ryan family with a memorable success when landing the featured INH Stallion Owners Novice Hurdle in Wexford yesterday.

The five-year-old Westerner gelding, whose Noel Meade-trained half-brother Ally Cascade runs in Naas today, got the better of Sizing Italy in a race which saw favourite Benevolent trail in a distant last.

The winner is owned and trained by John Ryan near Templemore and was ridden by his daughter Gillian, recording the fourth success of her career and her first over hurdles and against professionals.