AFTER winning €50,000 handicaps over hurdles and fences last winter, De Name Escapes Me opened up a whole new range of options for himself with a winning flat debut in the Sherry Fitzgerald P. Burke Auctioneers Maiden.

Last seen when down the field in the Mayo National, the Noel Meade-trained nine-year-old demonstrated notable versatility in transitioning to this discipline in seamless fashion.