Mullinavat trainer Michael Holden recorded his biggest success when Ceoil Agus Craic made virtually all to capture the £25,000 Heineken Chase at a blustery Cork yesterday.
After seeing the 10-year-old gamely see off the challenge of market leader Arctic Copper, Holden outlined ambitious future plans.
"We'll keep him on the go, with the Galway Plate as the long-term objective," he said.
Seymour Breese was another to reap the benefit of front-running tactics as he obliged under Ruby Walsh in the EBF Beginners' Chase, despite hanging badly left throughout.
Golden Row was all the rage for the Munster Waste Management Maiden Hurdle, but the evens favourite could only trail in a well-beaten sixth behind easy scorer Keevers.
Charlie Swan, Keevers' jockey, was back in the winner's enclosure later in the afternoon, this time as a trainer, when Ground Ball made an impressive debut in the colours of JP McManus.
Go Racing, a consortium bidding for the multimedia rights to UK horseracing, yesterday effectively set a May 11th deadline for racecourses to accept its £400 million recommended bid.
