A WELL overdue first success finally came the way of last year’s Derby third Amhran Na Bhfiann who won the older horses’ maiden over a mile and a half in a style befitting one of last season’s leading middle-distance three-year-olds.

When he was last in action this colt suffered a surprise defeat in a Naas maiden in early August, but it transpired that he had sustained a season-ending injury which resulted in him being kept under wraps until now.