It was becoming decidedly dimpsy at Newton Abbot racecourse's evening meeting on Tuesday come the last race, which started at 8.35pm.
The onset of dusk was joined by an old-fashioned marsh mist which made the outer reaches of the course quite hazy.
The lateness of the hour did not deter Wasted Talent though who started at 4-5 and, after leading early, stayed in front to the line.
Trained by John Portman at Compton and ridden by Joe Tizzard, the Irish-bred horse is now reaping the reward for consistency which saw him fill the runner-up berth in his first three hurdles.
His win in the Newton Abbot Raceday Creche Mares' only novices' hurdle was his third in 19 days having won another hurdle and dead heating for a middle distance race on the Flat at Bath.
Jimmy Frost confirmed his good start to the season when saddling the first and second in the opening conditional Jockeys' Claiming Hurdle.
Devote, owned by the romantic-sounding Welsh Valleys Partnership was preferred in the market, but it was Knight of Silver, a winner at 40-1 over course and distance last August who came home in front – this time at 11-2.
Chris Honour, who has teamed up successfully with the Frost stable on many occasions already this year, had the grey well clear coming down the home straight.
Major Belle was cutting back the deficit, but was still several lengths down when crashing out at the last.
Only five of the 13 starters finished the two mile five furlong Corporate Events Handicap Chase, and it was Step Quick from Peter Bowen's Haverfordwest stable who did just that to win by a couple of lengths from Broken Dream, who had also run well at the course a month before. Warren Marston was the successful jockey.
Polish Cloud continued his own good form and that of Slad trainer Tom George when making a successful chasing debut in the Partyfare for Catering Novices' Chase.
Jason Maguire's mount jumped well and none of his rivals ever really looked like passing him.
Neutron, trained by Martin Pipe and, with the current speculation over who will replace Tony McCoy as stable jockey, interestingly ridden by Richard Johnson, started favourite on what was his fencing debut.
He didn't jump with any fluency and never appeared in the race with a favourite's chance.
Beau Coup, who travelled 185 miles from John Upson's Northampton stable landed a blow for the bookies when bouncing back from a poor last time out display to win the Newton Abbot Racecourse for Your Party Handicap Hurdle at 14-1.
He had run promisingly a couple of seasons back but had not really lived up to that since and his 17-length success from Ask for Luck was a surprise to most.
Passenger Omar, Noel Chance's only runner of the meeting, justified favouritism in the Sponsor at Newton Abbot Racecourse Handicap Hurdle.
The trip of three miles three furlongs is the longest hurdles trip at Newton Abbot, and the winner was near the back and not going supremely well for much of it, but his jockey Seamus Durack was patient and Passenger Omar eventually came through his to win from the fast finishing outsider Esterelle.
The next meeting at Newton Abbot is on Monday, when the first race will be at 2.20pm.