IT was good to see a strong local showing at Downpatrick last Friday and starting as early as the first race, the Toals Bookmaker Maiden Hurdle, which was won by the Keith Donoghue-ridden Fathom Two

The now six-year-old Court Cave bay won a geldings’ maiden at Corbeagh House early last December when trained by Sean McParlan whose son Noel was in the saddle.