A VERY early start of 1am paid off for Andrew Williams, John Tilley and their Kilkenny International Sporthorses’ team last Saturday as, on their first visit to the Dennison family’s lovely Loughanmore estate outside Templepatrick, they came away with one win and three top-10 finishes from four runners.

Success came in the EI115 (Adv) which Tilley won on the Irish Sport Horse mare Trend de la Cruise (28.1 penalties), ahead of Co Down’s Joseph Murphy on Funny Guy (28.5) and Co Cork’s Sian Coleman riding Kilroe Frolic (29.2).