Perfect Tapatino, blue cap, delivers his winning run© Photo Healy Racing
Donnacha O'Brien landed the last two races at Naas as Perfect Tapatino sent favourite backers home happy after the nightcap.
This mile and a half was a new trip for the four-year-old colt but he certainly relished it.
He was ridden into contention in the final quarter of a mile of this handicap and came through to challenge Bit Of Banter at the furlong pole.
He got on top in the final 100 yards and passed the post a cosy half length to the good.
Joseph O'Brien 's charge was returned at 11/4 from 7/2. Runner-up Bit Of Banter was a 4/1 chance. Uncle Henry (16/1) and Cacique Royale (8/1) gave their backers an each-way dividend in third and fourth respectively.
“The step up in trip suited,” Donnacha O'Brien said.
“He was lazy along and I just kept it simple, kept him wide, and he did it nicely.”
Additional reporting by Gary Carson
