Soft ground suiting Island

Odds on favourite Katie Appleby Shoes couldn't raise her game from the second last as another mare, Island Remede (5/1), gained the day in the Frontline Security Maiden Hurdle at Limerick. Gunnery Sergeant wasn't too smart at the last, and that helped the Dylan Robinson-ridden Island Remede to go on for a half length win.

The aforementioned Kate Appleby Shoes kept going at the one pace to be two lengths further back in third.

"She was a good mare on the Flat and her hurdles form has been getting better recently. The softer ground seems to be helping her and she seems better on it," said David Roche, representing winning trainer Henry de Bromhead.

"The winning owner, David Egan, is from Kildare, and he's a friend of Henrys."

(TW & EM)