The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Hurdle caused somewhat of a surprise when 10/1 shot Gimli's Rock came home in front under Tommy Treacy.
Treacy produced the son of Rock Of Gibraltar to lead approaching the straight and the pair, soon clear, kept on from the last to post a four lengths win over Doctor Deejay
A delighted Jessica Harrington said afterwards: "He's a different horse on that ground. He had a bit of a break after his Leopardstown run."
"We decided this was the race for him, I won it last year with No One Tells Me and if he's half as good as he is i'll be very happy."
"I don't think he really needs the blinkers, I just think they help him a concentrate more and he kept on really well there."
"He'll probably go for a flat handicap, we'll step him up to a mile and half and he's probably one that could go to Galway as he's won around there before."
