Barry Geraghty conjured a late run out of A Great View to emerge triumphant in the Ladies Free Admission On New Years Eve Rated Novice Hurdle at Punchestown.
The JP McManus-owned four-year-old was the 9-4 market leader following an impressive victory at Limerick a month ago and tried to close up on the leaders heading down the back straight.
However, favourite backers could be forgiven for tearing up their betting slips rounding the home turn as Denis Cullen's charge looked to be going nowhere fast in a bad fourth.
Attribution looked sure to collect when going clear early in the straight, but the complexion of the race changed dramatically on the run to the final flight.
Attribution appeared to hit the brakes at the same time as A Great View rallied for Geraghty.
The pair touched down almost as one, but A Great View had the momentum and kept up the gallop to take the prize by a length.
Last season's Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Djakadam made an impressive start to the new campaign with a runaway victory in the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase.
Dual bumper winner Yorkhill made an impressive start to his career over timber in the Buy Your 2016 Annual Membership Maiden Hurdle.
The 8-15 market leader was making life difficult for Ruby Walsh in the early stages by pulling hard, but still cruised up to challenge the pacesetting Road To Respect in the straight.
Once given his head, Yorkhill put the race to bed on the run to the final flight and although he edged left on the approach, he skipped over and was kept up to his work on the run-in to score by a comprehensive eight and a half lengths.
Walsh said: "He did it nicely. He was bit keen early on and it took me a while to get him to settle, but when he did settle, he raced nicely."
Oscar Sam made it two from two since joining Jessica Harrington with a wide-margin success in the Follow Us On Facebook And Twitter Handicap Hurdle.
Formerly trained by Philip Dempsey, the six-year-old made a winning debut for his new trainer at Clonmel last month and was a heavily supported 6-4 favourite to defy a 6lb rise.
Pont Alexandre defied a near 1000-day absence to make a successful debut over fences in the Buy Your Go Racing In Kildare Badge Beginners Chase.
A Grade One-winning novice hurdler, the seven-year-old had been off the track since finishing third behind The New One at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival.
Sent off the 4-6 favourite, Pont Alexandre winged the first fence to take him to the front and was never headed.
