THE penultimate fixture of the year at Kilbeggan was one to remember for
Navan-based trainer Finbarr Hand who sent out his first winner for six years when Mister Melia recorded an impressive success in the two-and-a-quarter-mile bumper. Declan Lavery was on board this Morozov gelding ,
who was picked up for just €4,000 as a foal, and Mister Melia had shown ability on his only previous outing when taking sixth in a Ballinrobe bumper in April.

Mister Melia attracted some support over the course of the day and he wasn’t ignored at 12/1 in the betting, although his performance was much more
in keeping with that of an odds-on chance.