HAPPY Jacky (2/1) battled back to win the featured on the card, the Denny Hurdle over three miles for trainer Mark Fahey. Jockey Peter Smithers set a good pace off the front, but was joined before two out and headed jumping that flight.

Smithers drove Paddy Ryan’s homebred back into a narrow lead on the run-in,which he held by a neck at the line over Tullybeg. The 11-year-old didn’t return to the winner’s enclosure and went to the stable yard to cool down as is customary with him.