SITUATED outside Thomastown, this new home of the Kilkenny Foxhounds was well received by trainers and jockeys alike, with Sean Doyle describing it as “a lovely, very well laid out, big galloping course”, while Bertie Finn said: “It’s a fine big and fair track with a tough finish”.

The Monbeg handler had the honour of saddling the first winner at the venue, with his Cheers To You (3/1 - 5/1) leading home nine rivals in the four-year-old mares’ maiden.