NAAS held the best overall card of the weekend though it makes sense not to get carried away with the performances there; decent ground meant fields were not what they might have been, and they were further weakened by non-runners on the day.

Quilixios put up the performance of the day in the Barberstown Castle Chase, Darragh O’Keeffe keen to make the race a test of both fitness and jumping, his mount doing well on both counts, especially as he was pushed into the two fences before the final turn to put the others under pressure.