THERE was an early finish to Sunday’s Muskerry Foxhounds fixture at Aghabullogue as the decision was made to abandon the meeting after the third race on safety grounds, following deliberations between the stewards and the medical team.

Prior to that, there was some cracking action on an afternoon that saw near incessant rainfall and the Pat Doyle-trained Hunters Yarn (4/1 - 3/1) provided further credence to the accepted maxim ‘once a good horse, always a good horse’ by destroying the opposition under Emily Costello in the novice rider open.