Lucky At Last made a winning return to hurdles when claiming the Paddypower.com Handicap Hurdle at Cork.

Pat Martin 's useful dual-purpose gelding cruised into the lead three out under Andrew Thornton.

He had to get busy on the seven-year-old in the closing stages, however, to score by a length-and-three-quarters from Darenjan

"That's his sixth win (over hurdles) and he's a great old horse. He's improving all the time," said stable representative Bernard Caldwell.