Fogarty on a high as Warior easily wins battle

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

At the first stage of the Listowel festival yesterday, he took his score in the pro ranks to two from two when guiding 25-1 shot Balynaclash Warior, trained in Co Wexford by Richie Rath, to victory in the Charleville Cheese Maiden Hurdle.

Fogarty produced his charge to lead between the last two flights and the winner scampered clear to beat the long absent, Clonard Lad.