THREE years on from his first – and only other – training success, Co Armagh’s Paddy Fegan returned to Ballinrobe on Tuesday to land the two and a half mile mares’ maiden hurdle with Denis Robb’s homebred Melbourne Lady.

The six-year-old Hawkeye bay made most of the running to score by eight and a half lengths on just her third start over jumps having previously finished third over two miles at Down Royal late last month. She was ridden by Matty Bowes who, when required, rides out at Paddy’s Keady yard two or three mornings a week.