IT mightn’t have been Plan ‘A’, but Plan ‘B’ didn’t work out too badly. Sticktotheplan provided trainer Cormac Farrell with the biggest winner of his career, when causing a 22/1 upset in the Listed Colm Quinn BMW Novice Hurdle - though it certainly didn’t come as a surprise to connections.

The €45,000 store purchase, formerly registered in the colours of Douglas Taylor, had been the subject of serious market support when sent off 11/10 for a bumper on his Fairyhouse debut back in February - the second leg of a reported double with Great Attitude, who won the opening maiden hurdle on that occasion at 8/1 (from 200/1).