THERE was a popular winner of the Listed Campion Insurance Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase when Happy Dreams continued his rise through the ranks for the grandfather and grandson partnership of Michael and Mark McDonagh.

In other years, the six-year-old wouldn’t have got a run or managed to keep within the handicap in this €45,000 contest, but the 0-150 event only had a horse rated 137 as the highest-rated in proceedings. That meant Happy Dreams, sent off 13/2 to make a winning return to fences, competed off just 9st 12lb when factoring in the rider’s 3lb claim.