THE Cork and Waterford action commenced last Sunday in the form of the Duhallow – Kanturk meeting at Dromahane and the David Christie-trained Ferns Lock indicated that he’s likely to be a dominant force in the hunter chase division this season by destroying the opposition on his return to the fray in the non-graded winners’ open.

Ferns Lock (2/1 - 5/2 favourite), who recorded the most prestigious of his three consecutive hunter chase victories last term in the Tetretema Cup at Gowran Park in March, was soon positioned at the head of affairs and the six-year-old gave an assured round of fencing in front.