Zanoosh zooms in to complete Fairyhouse five-timer for Murphy 

“It's awesome,” Cork jocket Brian Hayes said of his first Grade One success. “When we started down in Cork and finished a moderate seventh in a maiden hurdle, I didn't think we'd be winning a Grade One."

CHASING THE SUN: Zanoosh and Brian Hayes win for owners Winning Ways Reunion Syndicate and trainer Colm Murphy. Pic: Healy Racing

Patience was rewarded at Fairyhouse on Sunday as Zanoosh ran out an impressive winner of the Grade One Irish Stallion Farms EBF Honeysuckle Mares Novice Hurdle to complete a fantastic five-timer for Wexford trainer Colm Murphy and Cork jockey Brian Hayes.

While many of her rivals were at Cheltenham contesting the Grade Two Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle, Zanoosh was at Limerick where she got the better of How’s Hannah in a Grade Three contest.