Brightsideoflife won the five-and-six-year-old mares’ maiden at Belclare in March. The good-looking daughter of Doyen made her debut appearance at Punchestown in February where she finished fifth. Building on that experience gained on her initial start, Brightsideoflife was ridden behind the leaders until progressing from the third last fence where she quickened well to go away from her rivals before the final fence and kept on well in the closing stages to win by an eased down two lengths at the finish. The Denis Murphy-trained mare is a half-sister to three track winners as well as being from the stellar family of black type winners which includes Merry Gale and Racing Demon and looks like a mare that can develop into a smart track performer and will be a real addition to any trainer’s yard in mares’ races over the coming seasons.