Review tipperary 4th Oct

< Plinth came out on top in the Grade Two Istabraq Hurdle at Tipperary.

Mark Walsh, who was sporting the second colours of Istabraq's owner JP McManus, drove Aidan O'Brien's 6-1 chance out to beat Fethard Player by a length.< Thomas Edison was the McManus first string and was sent off at odds-on but could manage only third.< Bachasson had to work a bit harder than expected to justify odds of 2-5 in the Dolores Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle.

This Grade Three was the next step up the ladder for Willie Mullins' French recruit, who shot to prominence in a couple of the early Cheltenham ante-post markets after scoring at Sligo and twice at Galway.

Ruby Walsh had to get after him to collar Three Stars approaching the last, although he ultimately ran out a cosy four-and-a-half-length winner.

Walsh followed up when The Game Changer (5-2) claimed his second Grade Three prize in the space of a week in the Like A Butterfly Novice Chase, while Mullins achieved a brace of his own courtesy of Prince D'Aubrelle in the Jim Laffan Memorial (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race.

British raider Sovereign Debt denied Dermot Weld his fifth victory in the last six renewals of the Coolmore Home Of Champions Concorde Stakes, but only on the intervention of the stewards.

After tracking the front-running Ansgar into the straight, Tested was asked to go and win her race by Leigh Roche, who left enough in the tank to fend off the Dandy Nicholls-trained 2-1 favourite by a short head, but she was deemed to have caused interference and the placings were reversed.< Seanie hadn't managed to get his head in front since landing the Tote Jackpot Races 3 To 6 Handicap last season, but the 9-2 chance was given a fine positive ride from 10lb claimer Killian Leonard and beat Bubbly Bellini by half a length.

The application of blinkers helped Siamsaiocht (3-1) in the Athassel House Stud EBF Maiden, while 6-1 favourite Phil The Flyer completed a hat-trick in the Woodlands Hotel Adare Handicap Hurdle.