Tom Ryan was in the winners enclosure this evening at Tipperary when winning The Pride of Tipperary Hurdle aboard Michael O'Brien's Brutto Facie in the colours of Paul Maher & Kevin Norton.

Ryan raced his mount in behind the leaders and improved to lead at last and stayed on well to win by 3 lengths.

Denis Cullen assistant to O'Brien said, 'He has had a few problems in the past with his back, we were going to run him at Galway but he was a bit sore after schooling but his previous pieces of work had been good and he was well in himself today.'