THE West Waterford Foxhounds meeting at Boulta received the all-clear following an early-morning inspection on Saturday and there was some outstanding action at the Ballynoe circuit with the Paurick O’Connor-trained seasonal debutant Vanderpoel lighting up the fixture by coming home as he pleased under his handler’s brother Derek in the five-year-old geldings’ maiden.

The well-touted Vanderpoel (6/4 - 7/4 joint-favourite), who pulled up on his only outing last season at Dromahane in mid-April, bounced out smartly at the head of affairs and the Three Dudes Syndicate-owned bay had Champagne Jury for company on the outer throughout, with the pair drawing clear of their rivals from after the third-last of the 14 obstacles.