Leading owner J.P. McManus registered his 100th Punchestown Festival winner today with the Willie Mullins trained Capodanno , which routed 24 rivals in the Conway Piling Handicap Hurdle.

Ridden by Jody McGarvey, the 132 rated French-bred five year old skipped clear for the effortless 12 lengths success, with the performance screaming 'Graded-horse running in a handicap'.

Champion Trainer Willie Mullins was bagging his 10th winner of the week and afterwards his son and assistant Patrick Mullins confirmed “I can't say I'm surprised as he's a very high class horse and it just went wrong for him over two miles.

“He hadn't run in a long time but was ready to run at Christmas when he got a small setback and then it was too late to go chasing.

“Eilish Byrne deserves huge credit, she rides him out all the time and puts a lot of time and effort into him because he's not simple.

“Eilish said to me that he'd settle once he's going, he had a hood on and we went a strong gallop. I wasn't worrying about him settling, I was just worried about him messing up at the start and the false start wasn't ideal but he handled it alright.”

Quotes from Gary Carson