Bottom weight Dancing Jeremy (8/1) put in a fine round of jumping when making virtually all the running in the Campion Insurance Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase.

Philip Donovan gave the grey a breather on the approach to the straight and Frank Reynold's nine-year-old went away on the run to the second-last to beat La Malmason by six lengths.

Winning trainer James Fahey said: "That is great to get one over Christmas and this is a massive one for us to win.

"This race was his plan the whole way along but we had hoped to get a run into him first so I was slightly worried being without a run today. He was in at Fairyhouse the last day over hurdles but I wasn't happy with how 'tight' the ground was so took him out. 

"He scraped in at the bottom of the weights today."

He added: "We might be adventurous now and try to qualify him for the Albert Bartlett Triple Crown Series at Punchestown. Today was the day though and while I've had a Listed winner at Cork previously, it wasn't at Christmas!"

Quotes from Thomas Weekes