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Kennedy off mark as a pro

Sean Flanagan's pain was Pat Kennedy's gain as he successfully deputised for the Wexford pilot aboard fellow Model County trainer, Liz Doyle's The Hoodoo Remains in the Curran South East Cleaners Handicap Hurdle. For Kennedy this seventeen length win was a first in the paid ranks, the Kerry native having only recently turned professional.

4.10PM

Pugh off the mark on the track with Carrig Cottage

Amateur rider Jennifer Pugh, joint Leading Point to Point rider last season, recorded her first racecourse winner, in the concluding Waterford & Tramore Directors Ladies Bumper at Tramore today, winning on 14/1 chance Carrig Castle.

4.04PM

Meade happy with star performers

Noel Meade and his staff are celebrating a fine end to 2009 after landing three Grade Ones over the festive period.

4.20PM

Tullintain sluices up under O'Connor

Tullintain, coming off a 250 day break, made light of that absence when taking the Shannon Tourism Maiden Hunters Steeplechase in good fashion by eight lengths.

4.29PM