SHARK Hanlon has his long-term sights on another Galway Hurdle bid with Hidden Cyclone after he took the Kerrymaid Hurdle on the opening day of the Listowel Harvest Festival.

The classy 11-year-old was second to Clondaw Warrior at Ballybrit this year and fourth to Quick Jack last season, and remains in great heart. Always prominent, Danny Mullins' mount asserted before the last and kept on well before being eased close home to beat Draycott Place by a length and a half as the 4-7 favourite.