THE promising Banbridge took centre stage as he made it three wins on the spin in the rated novice hurdle over just short of two miles, five furlongs with another likeable display which would suggest that better company will hold no fears for him as we move deeper into the season.

Beforehand this six-runner affair appeared to present Joseph O’Brien’s charge with a reasonably straightforward assignment and he looked right at home as he moved up to this trip for the first time.