< Edwulf sprung a massive shock in the Unibet Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown for Joseph O'Brien and Derek O'Connor.< Djakadam took them along but was joined by favourite Our Duke who lost all chance with a blunder two out.< Outlander and Killultagh Vic loomed up, and the latter had just hit the front when falling at the last, leaving Outlander in front, but Edwulf finished with a wet sail to get up by a neck at odds of 33-1.< Samcro (4-6 favourite) lived up to the hype with a dominant display in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle.
Gordon Elliott's budding superstar missed a run at Naas at the start of the year and was dropping back to two miles but he travelled powerfully until sauntering to the front before the final flight, and kept going well to dispose of Duc Des Genievres by five and a half lengths.< Monalee who took a horrible fall at the Christmas meeting here, got his career back on track in the Flogas Novice Chase.
The Henry de Bromhead-trained 11-4 joint-favourite led and was one of five to jump the last almost as one, but he answered all of Noel Fehily's questions to fend off Al Boum Photo by three-quarters of a length.< Mr Adjudicator took the Tattersalls Ireland Spring Juvenile Hurdle after a thrilling battle with Farclas
Odds-on favourite Espoir D'Allen was free in the early stages and faded approaching the last, leaving Mr Adjudicator and Farclas to fight it out, and Willie Mullins' 3-1 chance flashed past the post a length and a quarter to the good.
Mullins' classy chaser Total Recall (5-6 favourite) capitalised on a much lower timber figure in the William Fry Handicap Hurdle, and all roads presumably now lead to the Grand National.
His stable Relegate (16-1) won the Coolmore N.H. Sires Irish EBF Mares I.N.H. Flat Race, while Last Goodbye (12-1) took the Chanelle Pharma Handicap Chase and Alletrix justified 4-1 favouritism in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Paddy Mullins Mares Handicap Hurdle.
