Just when it looked like Francis Connors had built up an unassailable lead at the top of the Connolly’s RED MILLS Munster Grand Prix league table, Seamus Hayes hit back with a stunning win in the 11th round of the series at Maryville Stables in Cork.

For the third time this season the Tipperary rider’s winning mount was the Tina McDermott-owned Chipolini VM Z with the Cassini II-sired seven-year-old having already won league rounds at Tallow and Cork Summer Show.