THE first graded race of the year at Fairyhouse represented something of a boil-over for punters but the Grade 3 John & Chich Fowler Memorial EBF Mares Chase could not have produced a more deserving winner than Agusta Gold.

This Margaret Mullins-trained eight-year-old has been an incredibly consistent sort throughout her career, finishing outside the first three just once in her 19 starts, and she thoroughly deserved this second blacktype success.