Prima Vista was backed to the exclusion of all others (4/5 into 1/2) for the opening Corrib Food Products Maiden Hurdle at Galway and he prevailed by a length and a half under Paul Carberry.
Very keen to get on with the job, in the words of Carberry "he paddled two out," but the son of Singspiel had enough in reserve on the run-in to fend off the sweet-travelling Rough Times
Ben Meade representing his brother Noel, said: "He was very keen but hopefully he'll go on to better and bigger things from here. It'll be a novice hurdle presumably next." Buck Barrow Prima Vista's only serious market rival blotted his copybook by refusing at the first.
