La Sorelita and Paul Townend© Photo Healy Racing
Willie Mullins' La Sorelita ran her rivals ragged from the front in Killarney's mares' beginners' chase.
This was the five-year-old's first crack at fences, and she had burned off all but three of her rivals by the bottom turn of this extended two and a half mile test. Graceland (2/1jf) tracked her in second, with Dime A Dozen nudged along to get closer in third ahead of Waitnsee
Graceland's goose was cooked at the third last where she made a mistake and lost momentum. A blunder at the second last then saw her soon eased in fourth.
It was Dime A Dozen who tried to chased down the leader coming to the penultimate fence, however, a nimble jump saw La Sorelita move clear of the hard ridden pursuer.
The 2/1 joint favourite put in another good jump at the last and eased home by a comfortable 10 lengths, after setting an honest pace throughout.
Dime A Dozen was second at 11/4 and she was three and a half lengths in front of Waitnsee (10/1).
Winning jockey Paul Townend said: "She had plenty of experience over hurdles, and from the first day she jumped fences she was good and she jumped super today.
"It was nice to get a win with her as she had been a bit frustrating, but she probably had a better chance over fences."
Additional reporting by Tom Weekes
