WHILST there were just 37 runners at Sunday’s Waterford Foxhounds meeting on the Curraghmore Estate outside Portlaw, there were still some notable performances with newcomer Loch Ness Pineau (3/1 - 7/2) creating an extremely favourable impression by returning to the coveted number one slot under handler Mick Goff’s son Harry in the four-year-old geldings’ maiden.

The debutant Getasecondchance was the one responsible for the generous pace in this eight-runner contest and Brian Lawless’ mount still led the field into the home straight before the penultimate of the 13 obstacles with the sweet-travelling Loch Ness Pineau in his slipstream.