Howya Hun finally gets head in front to provide another boost for Stowaway

Tiernan Roche landed his fifth success of the season when steering Howya Hun to victory in the opening Kilmurrays Hardware five-year-old mares’ maiden.

Trained in Wexford by Ashleigh Murphy and owned by husband Michael, the bay mare was not winning out of turn having previously been placed in four-year-old maidens and in winners’ company recently.

Providing her sire Stowaway with the 13th winner of the season, the consistent mare found plenty for pressure in the home straight to see off the previously placed Racks Cross by a length.