TRAINER John Ryan is already thinking of one of his favourite weeks of the year, next month’s Listowel festival. To more immediate concerns though and a busy and productive time continued for the County Tipperary handler with success in the feature on last Saturday’s Kilbeggan card through 12/1 chance The Dara Man.

The Declan Donohoe-owned and bred The Dara Man hadn’t been in action since last October but that didn’t stop his jockey Danny Mullins from taking the SwissMPC Medical Device And Pharmaceutical Consulting Handicap Chase by the scruff of the neck from early on. That forceful approach from the front reaped a rich dividend.