Owner-trainer Steve Barry was all smiles after saddling his first winner when Cyrius Moriviere stormed to victory at the Kingston Blount Racing Club fixture.

Barry runs a breaking and pre-training business at Lockinge Stud, near Wantage, with his fiancee, Katy Lyons.

And she was in the saddle as the 6-4 favourite shot clear to beat Rollo’s Reflection by six lengths in the second division of the open maiden for four to seven-year-olds.

A delighted Barry said: “It was a great performance. We bought him very cheaply at Ascot Sales and he has done nothing but thrive since he has been with us.”

The first division provided a poignant success with Lady Barfad capitalising on Mr Raj’s last-fence blunder to get home by half a length under Toby Betambeau for Pauline Harkin’s Chipping Warden yard, near Banbury.

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The seven-year-old mare was left to owner Juliet White by her sister-in-law, Pamela McNeill, after she died of cancer four years ago.

“It is a very emotional win,” said White.

Aston Rowant trainer Alan Hill reeled off a short-priced treble at his local course.

Start Royal repeated last year’s success in the ladies’ open with an easy 18-lengths victory from No No Bingo in the hands of Gina Andrews.

Ravethebrave then brushed aside his two rivals to take the men’s open with Hill’s son, Joe, in the saddle.

And Brians Well completed the hat-trick by finishing alone under James Tudor in the restricted.

Working Title bounced off the good ground to take the club members conditions race with Joe Drinkwater aboard for his older brother and trainer, Sam.

Andrew Barlow made all the running on Celtic Intrigue to land the open maiden for six-year-olds and over on Celtic Intrigue for trainer Michael Kehoe.

However, the race was marred by Little Mead suffering fatal injuries in a first-fence fall and having to be put down.

Full Throttle lived up to his name to take the intermediate for trainer Laura Thomas and jockey Sam Painting.

RESULTS

Open maiden 4-7yo (Div 1): 1 LADY BARFAD (T Betambeau) 10-1, 2 Mr Raj 9-2, 3 Darsi’s Pass 25-1. Trainer: P Harkin. Dist: ½l, 10l. 8 ran.

Open maiden 4-7yo (Div 2): 1 CYRIUS MORIVIERE (K Lyons) 6-4 fav, 2 Rollo’s Reflection 25-1, 3 Templefortune 5-1. Trainer: S Barry. Dist: 6l, 7l. 9 ran.

Open maiden 6yo plus: 1 CELTIC INTRIGUE (A Barlow) 3-1, 2 Cathedral Of Pines 14-1, 3 Weve Got Company 6-4 fav. Trainer: M Kehoe. Dist: 6l, 4l. 13 ran.

Club members conditions: 1 WORKING TITLE (J Drinkwater) 5-2 fav, 2 Niki Royal 3-1, 3 Master Workman 5-1. Trainer: S Drinkwater. Dist: 4l, 5l. 11 ran.

Ladies’ open: 1 START ROYAL (G Andrews) 4-11 fav, 2 No No Bingo 16-1, 3 Jack Bene 14-1. Trainer: A Hill. Dist: 18l, hd, 5 ran.

Men’s open: 1 RAVETHEBRAVE (J Hill) 2-9 fav, 2 Count Salazar 7-2, 3 Princely Hero 14-1. Trainer: A Hill. Dist: 8l, dist. 3 ran.

Restricted: 1 BRIANS WELL (J Tudor) 4-6 fav finished alone. Trainer: A Hill. 8 ran.

Intermediate: 1 FULL THROTTLE (S Painting) 3-1 jt fav, 2 Man Of Steel 5-1, 3 Kazuri Kate 4-1. Trainer: L Thomas. Dist: 6l, 4l. 12 ran.