The partnership of Donie Hassett and Jason Titley, among the winners at Roscommon yesterday when Dreams Of Cathu defied a 585-day absence from jumping in the Lough Ree Maiden Hurdle, can again team up with profit at Tramore this afternoon.

Hassett introduces Legal Action to hurdling, and he should be all the better for his winning, first bumpers start at Tralee.

This is a substitute meeting. The principal beneficiaries could be Michael O'Brien and Tom Rudd who have double prospects with Flatley and Greenhue. Michael O'Brien has no master in the National Hunt Scene when it comes to producing horses fit to do their best after a lay-off.

Flatley was fourth to Afarad at the Leopardstown Christmas meeting and came closest to a hurdles win when second to Swuaw Winter at Down Royal .

In contrast to Flatley, Greenhue has been paying his way through the summer, collecting three chases including a Galway win against Sparkey Smith.

The rival he has to fear is Marty's Step who won last month's Tramore Handicap Chase that commemorated the gamest of all the Irish modern day jumping owners, Charmian Hill.

Tom Doyle (19), from Kilkenny, made his first ride in Britain yesterday a winning one in Plumpton's Friday Ad Claiming Hurdle when scoring on 25 to 1 shot Petasus for trainer Noel Chance.

Storm Bird, the outstanding European two-year-old of 1980, has been retired from his duties at Ashford Stud in America. Trained in Ireland by Vincent O'Brien, Storm Bird crowned a memorable first season with a victory in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket.