PADDY Smullen, son of the late Pat Smullen, rode his first winner aboard Grappa Nonino in the Every Cheltenham Festival Race Live Only On Racing TV (Q.R.) Handicap at Dundalk - the same racecourse his father rode his first winner on.

The 20/1 shot raced off the pace and stayed on into fifth approaching the final furlong. He found plenty in the closing stages to pick up the lead and forged on by a length and a half for trainer Dermot Weld and owner Colvin G Ryan.