CONNA Cross became the second Welsh-owned winner of the afternoon at Tramore on Thursday when making a winning debut over fences in the day’s most valuable event, the Graun Hill Suite Beginners Chase.

Ridden by Paddy Mangan for his father Jimmy and sporting the black and orange colours of Hanford’s Chemist Ltd from Camarthen, the 6/1 winner took the shortest route on the inner to head Castlewhite at the final obstacle and kept on under pressure to land the spoils by two and three-quarter lengths.