SPEAKING of talented young riders, it is strange the way the opportunities for Jane Mangan appear to have decreased. It was in the 2012/13 season that Mangan rode big handicap hurdle winners Beef To The Heels and Roi Du Mee for Gordon Elliott and Gigginstown House, and it was at the Punchestown Festival two years ago that she rode The Liquidator to win the Grade 1 Champion Bumper for David Pipe and Roger Brookhouse.

She had 14 winners from 116 rides in Ireland that season, and she had 18 winners from 113 rides last season. This season, she has had just three winners from 66 rides.