A POTENTIALLY momentous week for Dermot Weld, Colin Keane and the Aga Khan got off to a heartening start as Haparanda claimed a precious listed success in the Ardilaun Hotel Oyster Stakes.

This four-year-old had already vindicated the decision to keep her in training this year when securing a blacktype placing at Roscommon over two months previously, but she turned out better than ever on her first start since then.