WHEN Nina Carberry rode Up The Town into fifth place in a Naas bumper on November 6th, the racing public wasn’t aware that they wouldn’t see her in the saddle again for over 10 months. It was like she was never away though when she triumphed on Cask Mate in the Connacht Tribune INH Flat Race.

The last meeting of the year it may have been, and Thursday afternoon fare at Ballinrobe, but there were still plenty of people about to congratulate Carberry after a dream comeback.