NOT for the first time in recent weeks it was quite a day for J.P. McManus and Mark Walsh who combined for a treble which was headed by Elimay in the Listed BBA Ireland Ltd Opera Hat Mares Chase.

The Willie Mullins-trained Elimay was following on from an excellent second to Allaho in the Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles and is the foremost contender for the inaugural running of the mares’ chase at Cheltenham next month.