KILKENNY women certainly made their presence felt at the first class of the first round of the Avonmore Stables Summer Classic qualifiers in Wexford on Thursday.

Clare Hughes’ gelding ESI Jet Set, partnered by Shane Dalton, won the Higgins Sport Horses and MBF Sport Horses-sponsored five- and six-year-old qualifier, posting a second round clear in 31.29 while Clare’s sister Marion’s HHS Blue Moon and Adam Carey took the runner-up spot in 31.86.