Michael Grassick and Eddie Ahern were the team in form at a showery Roscommon as they recorded a double through Bocaccio and Uliana.
The latter was sent off at 8/13 for the Fuerty Maiden on the back of a promising effort at Galway, but was forced to pull out all the stops before overcoming Telegraph Road by a head.
Ahern left it late aboard Bocaccio, swooping late to collar favourite San Marco close home in the Abbey Maiden, before surviving a stewards' enquiry into possible interference.
Tom Treacy rode a fine waiting race aboard Cool Climate, as the partnership followed up their Killarney victory in the Essex Lawn Handicap Hurdle.
Trainer Ned Mitchell will now look for a similar contest for his improving eight year-old. 'I hope the handicapper isn't too hard on him,' he added.
Locally-owned Pakiefromathleague may be Listowel-bound after taking the opening Railway Bar 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle, the first race of its type this season.
The well-supported 1/1 favourite battled back to deny Kono after the latter had taken what looked a winning advantage approaching the final flight.
