Nara shows her class at Clonmel 

It was a red-letter day for Jerry Baragry as his two-time point-to-point winner Carry On Heidi gave him a first track success by taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares’ Maiden Hurdle.

FLYING DISMOUNT: Courtmac Gesture and Michael Kenneally part company in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle. Both horse and jockey were okay. Picture: Healy Racing 

The Henry de Bromhead-trained Nara was the class act on Thursday’s card in Clonmel, where work is advancing on a new weighroom complex, and she duly obliged in the Suir Blueway Mares’ Chase.

The only question the five-year-old had to answer was with regard to her jumping as she unseated her rider at the first in the Munster National, just four days earlier. Thankfully, she looked much more relaxed this time and, consequently, jumped well in the hands of Mark Walsh on her way to an easy victory.