IT won’t be too long before his National Hunt string are going in search of lucrative pots but Noel Meade also has a valuable flat prize in his sights with Helvic Dream who registered the first success of his career in the Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Race.

A €12,000 yearling purchase who carries the colours of Caroline Hendron, this son of Roderic O’Connor had been placed on both his previous outings and took a step forward to bag this well-endowed seven-furlong race.