Davy Russell, the 2001 Point-To-Point champion partnered his first winner for Co Wexford trainer Paul Nolan when Say Again emerged victorious in a thrilling three-way finish to the opening two mile maiden hurdle at Tramore yesterday .
Nolan was otherwise engaged at Navan but his younger brother James suggested that Say Again could run again over hurdles shortly before being put away for a novice chase campaign next winter .
The Declan Leigh-trained First Print forged to the front after the third last flight when springing a 16/1 upset under Barry Cash in the Three Shippes Maiden Hurdle .
It certainly was a day of shocks as 14/1 shot Alphadel provided Galway jockey Mark Madden with his initial triumph for Michael Cullen when coming a second time to repel Soldiered Again in the Sweep Garage Opportunity Handicap Hurdle .
The lightly-weighted Rare Harvest beat top-weight Ratoath Gale by a length and a half in the Ellickson Engineering Handicap Chase much to the delight of Doneraile trainer Johnjoe Walsh and Listowel-born jockey David O'Leary .
There was yet another surprise in the Sheridan Windows and Doors Beginners Chase when Shane McGovern, Limestone Lad's regular rider over flights, guided the Kent Riordan-trained Luckenbach to a smooth success over Leo's Holiday .
Atitandall, who displayed a modicum of ability in the past, led inside the dying strides to touch off Claramanda in the first division of the Park Hotel Flat Race for the in-form Frances Crowley stable .
