As punters lined their pockets before Cheltenham with six successful favourites, Paul Carberry made a winning return to action aboard The Bunny Boiler.
Carberry, sidelined through injury for the past few weeks, had the Noel Meade-trained gelding up with the pace throughout for a 2 1/2L victory over Solar Quest.
The Navan handler commenting: 'He's tough, and stays real well.'
Conor O'Dwyer also returned this weekend after a brief injury layoff, and moved onto the 54 winner mark with a short-priced double on the Arthur Moore-trained pair Zourito and Well Ridden.
Zourito defied topweight in the 2m handicap chase, shrugging off the persistent challenge of An Modh Direach in the final 100 yards to score by 2L.
'He will go for something similar in a few weeks time,' said Moore, who will have four runners - Native Upmanship, Klairon Davis, Feathered Leader and Phariwarmer - at Cheltenham.
Well Ridden (5/4-4/5f) led two out in the 2m novice hurdle, and rallied after the last to deny a renewed challenge from Liscahill Hill by 3 1/2L.
The placings remained unaltered after a stewards enquiry into possible interference between the principals on the run-in.
David Casey made the trip over from Britain worthwhile when hot-pot Donadino landed the odds in the opening novice chase.
The Charlie Swan-trained gelding needed to be pushed out on the run-in to hold Shanes Hero by a neck.
Make My Day (6/1-4/1f), always prominent in the 2m3f handicap hurdle, was driven out by Fran Berry to beat Why Bother by 2L.
Bust Out (11/10f) completed a miserable day for the layers when gaining a hard-earned victory in the bumper.
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