Declan McDonogh gave an exhibition of race riding at Galway on Friday night as he notched a terrific treble.
Kevkat proved the highlight of the trio when he was produced with a perfectly timed challenge to land the feature event on the card.
Eoin Griffin's gelding came with a storming late run inside the final furlong to claim the 70,000 Guinness Handicap by a neck from Le Leopard.
Hitchcock (5/4 to 10/11f) was a warm order and looked slightly unlucky as he had to be snatched up inside the final furlong when short of room.
'I thought he had a fair chance today as he had a 12lb pull with Hitchcock having just finished behind him in a Curragh maiden. Hopefully there is another one in him if the handicapper isn't too hard,' said Griffin.
McDonogh also pounced late on Rajeh in the 1759 EBF Maiden as the Kevin Prendergast-trained colt wore down Flare Star late on.
The Hamdan Al Maktoum colt worked hard to collar the 20/1 outsider in the final furlong and score by a length-and-a-quarter.
Elusive Dream had kicked off proceedings for McDonogh in scintillating style when taking the St James Gates Race.
Sir Mark Prescott's raider was sent off the 4/9f and fully justified that price as he galloped his rivals into submission.
The Rainbow Quest gelding was always to the fore and sprinted away from his rivals two-and-a-half furlongs from home. McDonogh could afford to ease down close home to score by 14 lengths from Peak Of Perfection.
Willie Supple, who had to settle for second on Flare Star, went on to record a late double courtesy of Careless Abandon and Ferneley.
Cabo (7/2 to 5/2f) was well-backed in the Arthur Guinness Handicap but found Careless Abandon a head to strong after a good battle down the straight.
Supple completed the quick brace when 4/6f Ferneley ran out a convincing length-and-three-quarters winner of the concluding Guinness Auction Maiden.
Ruby Walsh had also been seen at his best earlier when Euro Leader cruised his way into contention in the Tony O'Malley Memorial Handicap Chase.
Willie Mullins' charge hit the lead before the bend and needed only minimum encouragement from Walsh to score by eight lengths from Prince Of Pleasure.
'The plan is to aim him at Tralee and Listowel with the view of going for the Paddy Power Chase at Cheltenham in November,' said Mullins afterwards.
Lorna's Star (8/1 to 4/1f) was well-backed in the opening Guinness (QR) Handicap Hurdle and James O'Farrell produced the Francis Flood-trained mare with a well-timed run to record an easy five-length success.
The action was watched by a bumper crowd with 31, 547 through the gates. That figure was an increase of 3,206 on last year's attendance of 28,341.
