Wounded Warrior led home a Gigginstown House-owned one-two in the Woodlands Park 100 Club Novice Chase at Naas.
Noel Meade's 3-1 shot stayed on stoutly under Paul Carberry to convincingly defeat the Mouse Morris-trained Rule The World, who was sent off the 6-4 favourite.
Val De Ferbet made most of the running, but he made a bad mistake four out and eventually gave way to the Gigginstown duo at the penultimate fence.
Rule The World did not pick up as might have been expected, though, with Carberry happy to take full advantage.
Meade said: "I think the world of him. Limerick was a disaster as the trip was too short, the ground was terrible and he made mistakes.
"I knew he was in good knick coming here. He's a huge horse and is going to improve.
"He wants three miles. He still made a couple of mistakes - he was great long, but getting in tight was a problem.
"I don't know if he'll go to Cheltenham but I'm sure he'll be entered for the RSA and the four-miler."
Kitten Rock took full advantage of a mistake at the last by Glens Melody to win the Limestone Lad Hurdle.
Trained by Edward O'Grady, Kitten Rock was looking for a hat-trick after wins at Naas and Limerick already this season, but he looked to have a fight on his hands as his main market rival loomed large heading down to the last flight.
Glens Melody, second to Quevega at Cheltenham last March, took off first, but Willie Mullins' mare pecked on landing and lost valuable momentum under David Casey.
That handed the initiative back to the JP McManus-owned Kitten Rock (4-7 favourite), who held a three-and-three-quarter-length advantage at the line in the hands of Mark Walsh.
O'Grady said: "As a four-year-old, and going into a five-year-old, he's been difficult to place.
"We have tried to stay under the radar as much as possible, and the plan has gone well so far. He'll go next for the Red Mills (Gowran, 14 February).
"He jumped brilliantly, which he did also at Limerick, and it was nice to see a gap of 18 lengths back to King Of The Picts in third.
"The mare (Glens Melody) is good, so the form stacks up well.
"I'd be very hopeful that going back to two miles with a faster pace will suit him."
Walsh completed a double when A Grey Matter (5-2) boxed on well to land the Follow Naas On Facebook Handicap Hurdle for Martin Brassil.
Meade and Carberry were successful again when Russian Bill powered home late to land the INH Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle, the 13-8 favourite coming from an unlikely position at the last to beat Goulane Chosen by a length and a quarter.
Social Riser got off the mark at the third attempt over timber with an all-the-way success in the Book Hospitality On Line Maiden Hurdle.
Mikey Fogarty opened up a huge lead on the back straight, and though that advantage was diminishing by the last, Ken Condon's 5-2 chance kept on well to repel I'll Be Your Clown by five lengths.
Johnny Burke's persistence on Kilmurry Kid (4-1) paid dividends when he eventually got the measure of Heavenly Brook in the Cheltenham Trial Day 22nd February Handicap Chase.
David Mullins arrived full of running on Gordon Elliott's Tombstone (10-3) in the Tipper Road (Pro-Am) INH Flat Race and was always doing enough to hold the odds-on Potters Point in a another one-two for Gigginstown.
