Clondaw Court and Ruby Walsh record an easy win© Photo Healy Racing
Un De Sceaux may have lost his unbeaten record elsewhere on the card but Clondaw Court maintained his perfect CV by making all for a very comfortable success in the Rock Of Cashel Hurdle at Thurles.
Ruby Walsh sent the lightly-raced gelding into a clear advantage from flagfall, and the 1/2 favourite galloped on strongly in the straight for a decisive four lengths victory.
The well-backed second favourite Ttebbob (5/1 this morning and sent off 7/2) cried enough entering the straight, and it was left to Mireya to come from off the pace to take the runner-up spot. Mount Colah was a further length and a quarter back in third.
Clondaw Court was reappearing here after a ten-month break and is now the winner of a point-to-point, a bumper and his three hurdle starts.
Winning trainer Willie Mullins said, "I was going to go novice chasing with him as he jumps well but he can be difficult to train so I said we'd start him off in a few hurdle races.
"His problems have only been niggly ones but it's easier to keep horses sound over hurdles than fences.
"If he stays right he'll go novice chasing otherwise he'll be kept for those staying hurdles. He has lots of ability."
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