THE visit of Harry Cobden to Cork on Easter Sunday garnered plenty of attention and he belatedly rode his first winner in Ireland aboard Funiculi Funicula (8/11 favourite) in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase over two miles, one furlong.

After earlier reverses, including on three odds-on shots, this was the last of six rides on the card that the 2023/24 British champion jockey had for Willie Mullins and the Storm The Stars gelding, owned by Michael O’Riordan and Michael Hennessy, got the better of a protracted duel with Wingmen by three-quarters of a length.