On-song Concerto hits winning note

Aran Concerto could be heading to Cheltenham with the tag of “Irish Banker” around his neck after an effortless success in the Grade One Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown.

But whether Noel Meade decides to run his young star in the Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices’ Hurdle or the longer Ballymore Properties Novices’ Hurdle is still up in the air.