Kieren Fallon off the mark at students' race day

Fifty-one year-old Kieren Fallon rode his first winner since his return to Ireland when guiding Oiche Mhaith Boy to victory in the Coral.ie handicap at a packed students’ day at Limerick.

The 3-1 chance, trained by Kieran Purcell, was sent to the front from the outset and when the field tightened up on the turn for home the wily Fallon had plenty left up his sleeve.

The six-time British champion jockey, whose last victory in this country came aboard Recital in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown in 2011, drove his mount clear inside the final furlong to beat Pat Harkin by more than four lengths.