PETER Flood became one of the first trainers to win a race under rules using the revised hunter chase licence when he saddled Save Us Avis to win the Glenview & Rathbarry Studs Mares Maiden Hunter Chase at Cork on Easter Monday.

The licence was amended in late 2018, largely due to the campaigning of fellow point-to-point handler Brian Mortell in a bid to open up opportunities for handlers in hunter chases and point-to-point bumpers, following a period of lower-than-ideal entries.