Tudor City prevails in Fairyhouse

The favourite Tudor City was left clear at the last to record a victory in the Cusack Hotel Group Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse. Runforbob made good headway after the second last to dispute the spoils with Tudor City but he crashed out at the final flight, when in the air with the winner.

Tudor City (11/10) came in nine lengths to the good under Davy Russell. Agent Boru kept on to take second at 5/1 with Broken Soul (6/1) in third.

Trainer Tony Martin said: "He was due that. What would have happened at the last nobody can say but he deserved a bit of fortune. We'll see how he comes out of this before deciding where we go next."

Tudor City snapped a run of three runner-up finishes in a row. On his last run he was beaten half a length by Ice Cold Soul in a 100,000 euro Grade B handicap hurdle at Leopardstown.

Additional reporting by Alan Magee