Noel Meade has high hopes for Go Native after the 4-7 shot landed the odds in the Friends of Tipperary Hurdle.

Paul Carberry bided his time on the six-year-old, while Carthalawn set the pace before going to the front at the second-last flight.

The odds-on favourite quickly went clear and won cosily by three and a half lengths.

"You could train this horse on a lead as he doesn't take any work and he's very clear winded," said Meade.

"He's a very smart horse and he's probably best when fresh. I don't think he was at his best when finishing fourth behind Hurricane Fly at Punchestown.

"He will go to Down Royal next where there is a race for second year novices and we'll take it from there."

Davy Russell was a jockey in form with a double on Archie Boy and Fosters Cross

Archie Boy (9-4) hit the front over two out to win the O'Dwyer Steel Like-A-Butterfly Novice Chase by three lengths from Wins Now

Russell then made all the running Fosters Cross, the 11-8 favourite, in the Tipperary Supporters Club Joe Mac Novice Hurdle.

"He ran well last winter on soft ground, which he doesn't like," said trainer Tom Mullins.

Hong Kong beckons for Duff (5-2) after his game win in the Coolmore Stud Home of Champions Concorde Stakes.

Edward Lynam's pacey six-year-old beat Dohasa by three-quarters of a length in the hands of Fran Berry.

Lynam said: "He only needs to go up one pound and after that I think he'll go up enough.

"Fran gave him a great ride and he gets on very well with him."

Berry was completing his brace having earlier won on the John Oxx-trained Julie's Jet in the Longfield Stables EBF Maiden.

It was a red-letter day for apprentice John Reid as Utrillo (9-2), trained by Aidan O'Brien, gave the 19-year-old his first career success in the Friends Of Tipperary Race when he defied his odds-on stablemate Encompassing

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