Just six went to post for the most valuable race on today's card at Greenmount Park, the Adare Festival Weekend Hurdle, with the odds-on, 1/4 favourite Jumbo Rio winning as expected, with Andrew McNamara aboard.
The Edward O'Grady trained son of Captain Rio was recording his seventh career victory here and his second around the course.
This looked the perfect opportunity for the Grade 1 winning 6yo to get back to winning ways, having performed well on the level recently at the Curragh, and so it proved to be.
The front running Like the Da made a bad mistake two out and unseated his rider Mick Darcy, who then appeared to pull his mount down on top of himself in what looked an nasty incident.
The runner-up Takeurcapoff led from the second last but when Andrew McNamara pushed the button on the winner he asserted on the run-in to score by two and a half lengths.
Winning trainer Edward O‘Grady said afterwards "He will probably get an entry for the Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary in two weeks time."
