SHE may have had to wait 12 months to complete the feat, but the wait was an entirely worthwhile one for the connections of the Shay Slevin-trained In A Pinch (10/1), who came back from a year off to make it three wins on the bounce in the Knockenduff Stud Handicap Hurdle over two miles, five furlongs.

A mere €800 purchase as a three-year-old, this mare won twice within a fortnight at Wexford last summer and she found herself 15lbs higher in the weights as a result of those victories.