A VICTORY in a Dundalk claimer in March has been the springboard to an already industrious season for the fast improving Hailstone who took his form to a new level in the six-furlong conditions race.

Only six went to post but the field included a couple of stakes-placed runners and the premier handicap scorer Solar Halo. A rating of 89 left the Rick Barnes-owned winner with plenty to find but he stepped up to mark and the rain softened ground was no problem for him either.