IT took Blow By Blow a little while to find his racing and jumping rhythm on his chasing debut in the WB Gavin and Co Irish EBF Beginners Chase at Galway on Sunday.

Gordon Elliott’s horse was out to his left on occasion, and he wasn’t helped by the attentions of a loose horse on the run to the two fences in the dip first time, but he warmed up as the race developed and, in the end, he ran out an impressive winner.