< Carlingford Lough completed a double for Mark Walsh in the colours of JP McManus with an impressive victory in the feature Seamus Mulvaney Crockafotha Handicap Hurdle at Bellewstown.
A winner at the Galway Festival last July, John Kiely's lightly raced six-year-old was having only his second race since and was sent off the 11-10 favourite.
Jumping into the lead at the third-last, Carlingford Lough had Eagle's Pass for company therafter but was always going the better of the pair and eased away on the run-in to score by two and a quarter lengths.
Walsh and McManus already had one on the board as Thomas Edison who beat subsequent Cheltenham and Punchestown hero Champagne Fever in a bumper at Leopardstown last Christmas, never gave his supporters a moment's worry in the Buck Mooneys Maiden Hurdle.
A faller two out at Gowran last time, the Tony Martin-trained five-year-old (1-3 favourite) barely came out of a canter and ambled home in his own time to win by nine and a half lengths.< Casimir Road has been kept busy since the turn of the year with a mixed jumps and Flat campaign and showed he is as good as ever with a commendable performance under Paul Townend in the Bluegrass Resolve Cubes Novice Hurdle.
The Michael Grassick-trained four-year-old (5-2) was never far away from the pacesetting favourite Rossvoss and picked up the leader two out before going clear to score by four and a half lengths.
Townend completed a quick double when the John Berry-trained Civena (7-2) pulled out all the stops to hold the renewed challenge of Zadarska by half a length in the Sam's Potatoes Maiden Hurdle.
Eddie Cawley's Brian Who (11-2) took the Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle by six lengths lengths under Robert Jones after long-time leader Without The Bop crashed out at the second-last flight as the pair were battling it out.
