Champion Hurdle winner Sublimity bowed out from racing at Punchestown this evening, finishing fourth behind Action Master in the Motivate Challenge supported by Failte Ireland Hurdle.

Action Master was completing a double on the card for trainer Dessie Hughes and stable jockey Bryan Cooper but the race will be remembered as Sublimity’s swansong and his trainer Robbie Hennessy subsequently reported “its great Sublimity came back safe and sound and he has done very well for us through the years – we’d love to find another one or two like him!” Won In The Dark was sent off the 2/5 favourite for the race but was under pressure before the straight, eventually failing by three lengths to Action Master.

Following Action Master’s win, trainer Hughes said “Bryan (Cooper) was very good on Action Master there. Those results can happen in those type of races but Action Master is a horse who has plenty of ability but doesn’t always put it in. It was great to win a race like this with him.”

Thomas Weekes