IT’s rare you see so many others genuinely delighted for connections of a winner but it was a case of smiles and cheers all around as Karen Ferris returned to unsaddle Lusis Naturea, following their three-length victory in the Hovis Handicap Hurdle at Down Royal last Friday evening.

The seven-year-old Multiplex gelding is trained by the rider’s husband Eóin Barry for their good friend Karen McNeilly and her partner, farrier Paul Traynor, who led up the bay and rides him out most days.