THE ground was yielding at the rescheduled Thurles Friday fixture, called off due to fog before Christmas.

The Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Boreen Belle Mares Novice Hurdle over two miles saw Ard Abhainn (7/4 favourite) bring up a hat-trick for Gordon Elliott, this time in the colours of Maura Gittins, owner of the ill-fated Cheltenham bumper winner Fayonagh who broke her leg on the gallops in 2017.