< River Liane bounced back to his best after the disappointment of the Cheltenham Festival with a gutsy victory in the I.T.B.A. Fishery Lane Hurdle at Naas.
Favourite Beau Michael attempted to make all but Tom Cooper's 6-1 shot, who reportedly broke a blood vessel when strongly fancied for the Fred Winter last March, was driven up to challenge at the second-last flight.
River Liane held a narrow advantage at the last and forged on to score by three and a half lengths under fit-again Niall Madden, with Head Of The River a close third.
High-class hurdler Made In Taipan made short work of his rivals on his introduction to fences in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase.
Davy Russell was content to let Coscorrig build up a big lead before reeling him in approaching the second-last.
The Tom Mullins-trained 2-1 favourite easily asserted between the last two fences and was untroubled to win by 17 lengths from Jaamid who grabbed second late on.< Baily View has to be counted a very fortunate winner of the Racing Again At Naas On 4th January Hurdle.
Mouse Morris's five-year-old profited from a dramatic change in fortunes at the second-last, where favourite and long-time leader Pesoto fell and brought down his main market rival, Dancing Tornado who was going particularly well.
Baily View (20-1) was left to fight it out with Clan Tara and forged ahead on the run-in to score by five and a half lengths under Paddy Flood.
Davy Russell had another winner when Oscar India (10-1), who still had plenty to do jumping the last in the James & Helen Hannan Memorial Handicap Chase, battled on in the testing conditions to pass Clew Bay Cove and score by three-quarters of a length.< Tipper Road looked to be going best approaching the last in the Event Hire At Naas Racecourse Handicap Hurdle, but found little and Lukie Victor (15-2) was driven out to win by a length and a quarter.
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