THE opening meeting of the flat season at Naas saw an eight-race card, with eight different trainers in the winners’ enclosure. The day’s two feature races were won by geldings, both bred in England, and they were born five years apart.

Pat Garvey owns Sunchart who won the Listed Tote Irish EBF Devoy Stakes for the second year in succession, and both the owner and trainer have been very loyal and patient with this eight-year-old son of Teofilo (Galileo).