ALL roads led to Dromahane on Sunday for the Duhallow Foxhounds mid-April fixture and, on an afternoon that witnessed seven races and some 68 runners, the Mark Scallan-trained Captains Speech hinted that he holds a bright future by recording a bloodless debut success in the second division of the four-year-old geldings’ maiden.

Captains Speech (6/1 - 8/1), a son of El Salvador who was acquired for €20,000 at last year’s Goffs Arkle sale, was always quite well placed in the main group as Jimmy Mango took the 12 runners along at a decent clip.