Racing: Rinroe benefited from a well-judged Paul Carberry ride to land his hat-trick in the Diamond Vision Novice Hurdle at Galway.
Noel Meade's 9-4 favourite disputed second for much of the two-and-a-half-mile test but Carberry had to exercise nerves of steel as the unbeaten Coolcashin opened up a yawning gap at the head of affairs.
But that Michael Bowe-trained gelding began to tread water soon after the penultimate flight as Rinroe made noticeable inroads into the lead.
His momentum took him to the front just after the last and Carberry just had to ride Meade's charge out to hold off 12-1 chance Royal Heritage comfortably enough.
Meade's representative Gillian O'Brien said: "That was Paul at his best as it's always a hard one to read when one goes off and leads by a long way like that.
"Noel likes him a lot and we think he could be one of our better novices. He'll take one step at a time and handles that ground well."
Eric McNamara's Larkwing came out on top in an intriguing renewal of the www.swordsecurity.comRace.
This one-mile-six-furlong affair saw the reappearance of a host of talented National Hunt performers including Clopf, Cailin Alainn and Mister Top Notch.
That trio all won in top-flight company last season but were upstaged by Larkwing, who came with a sustained drive to take up the running soon after entering the straight.
McNamara's 11-2 chance stuck on well to repel the rallying Mister Top Notch, who was sent off at 10-1 along with third-home Laureldean.
Clopf arrived on the scene travelling sweetly with three furlongs to run but faded out of contention soon after, while Cailin Alainn was being pushed along some way from home and never looked like getting competitive.
It later transpired the saddle had slipped on the latter.
Winning handler McNamara was delighted to see Robert Jones strike aboard Larkwing, and said: "When JT McNamara is unavailable, Robert will ride all of my point-to-point horses this season.
"He's a lovely horse and we'll probably go hurdling again with him now. He's in Leopardstown's November Handicap but it's unlikely we'll run there."
Baily Breeze showed real determination to land odds of 16-1 in the Lighthouse Flaherty Markets Handicap Chase for jockey Paddy Flood and trainer Mouse Morris.
The Mouse Morris-trained eight-year-old made just about every yard in the two-mile-six-furlong event and had to dig very deep into his stamina reserves to see off the persistent challenge of Aimees Mark.
Baily Breeze was a tired horse as the duelling pair entered the final furlong but refused to throw in the towel and rallied to score in game fashion.
Charlie Swan's Mister Month was sent off the 4-1 favourite on his hat-trick mission but could only manage third, while classy stayer Point Barrow could never get competitive.
Morris' father was the late Lord Killanin, who was chairman of the track for a good few years and had the new stand there named after him.
Morris said: "It is always nice to have a winner here, it is always very special to me. This horse has had a few problems and had a leg, which is while he was off for a good while last year.
"He has been a good servant, that's his fifth win and he also won a Grade Two as a novice — it's nice to get another good pot. There's no real plans." PA