AT Naas last Thursday week, when Pat O’Hare and Franco Hughes were among the bookmakers who sponsored races, the Irish Stallion Farms EBF mares’ maiden hurdle was won by the Liam McKenna-ridden Fiver Friday, who was having her first start over jumps and her first run since mid-October last year.

A five-year-old daughter of The Gurkha, the bay is trained at Nutts Corner by farrier Paul Traynor who has a mixed yard, including point-to-pointers, and is planning a flat campaign for Fiver Friday over the summer months although she will more than likely run over hurdles at the Punchestown Festival.