Winters looking to next winter with improving Briggs Shellrunforbriggs (Evens favourite) got off the mark on her third start over fences when outclassing her rivals in Kilbeggan's Cooke's Bar And Restaurant Caragh Beginners Chase over two and a-half miles.  The Harzand mare, a dual winner over hurdles, tracked the leaders under Darragh O'Keeffe and jumped to the front two out before readily going clear to beat Warriors Wood by eight and a-half lengths. Winning trainer Michael Winters said "She’s a good mare, she’s big and scopey.  “In fairness to these small tracks around the country, they do a great job and we’re delighted to be able to come up. “We got great word on the track from the last meeting, and the agent Gary Cribbin told us we’d be guaranteed that type of ground. “My career is shoving on a bit now and we’re lucky to come across a mare like her. “She’s actually a homebred. We produced the mother for the lads (Going Stone Mad Syndicate) and they went to Harzand themselves with her. “I told the boys that we’ll surely be heading for some kind of a race in the likes of Cheltenham in maybe December. “She has the scope to do it anyway, her jumping is something else.” Additional reporting by Gary Carson
