Robbie Dunne remained tight-lipped as he made a winning comeback from a ten-month suspension at Hereford.
Racegoers gave the jockey a warm reception after he returned aboard the Ian Williams-trained Ernesto. The 11-4 shot got the better of Nico de Boinville's mount Jen's Boy in a close finish to the Black Mountain Botanicals Handicap Hurdle.
Dunne, out of luck on his two other rides at Tuesday's Jump Season Opener fixture, was banned for bullying and harassing rival Bryony Frost. The original 18-month term, handed out by an independent disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority, was cut to ten on appeal.
