Barry Geraghty steered Minella Foru to a lucrative victory in the ultra-competitive Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown.
Carrying the colours of JP McManus, Eddie Harty's six-year-old was a 7-1 shot for the three-mile contest, with the leading owner also responsible for heavily-backed favourite Gilgamboa, among others.
Those who joined in the gamble on 4-1 market leader Gilgamboa will have been happy enough rounding the home turn, with crack conditional Jack Kennedy sitting confidently in the lead.
However, he was claimed by both Ucello Conti and Minella Foru after the final fence and it was the latter who found most for pressure to score by a length and a half. Folsom Blue got rolling late to deny Gilgamboa third place.
Prolific mare Ballychorus was still in with every chance when falling at the final fence, bringing down the fancied Sumos Novios, who looked beaten at the time.
Minella Foru's victory completed a double on the day for Harty following Copy That's success under Kennedy in the previous race. It was a third winner of the afternoon for McManus at the track.
Aidan O'Brien's Ivanovich Gorbatov made an impressive start to his jumping career in the Paddy Power 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle at Leopardstown.
The Willie Mullins-trained Let's Dance was all the rage on her first start since leaving France and featured near the head of the JCB Triumph Hurdle betting.
She raced in second and passed long-time leader Newberry New turning for home, but Ivanovich Gorbatov was in her slipstream and without Barry Geraghty having to get too serious, the 100-30 chance eased past the favourite en route to a two-and-a-quarter-length victory.
Coral installed the Montjeu gelding as the 10-1 favourite for the Triumph at Cheltenham on March 18.
O'Brien said of the JP McManus-owned winner: "Really you should be talking to Joseph (O'Brien) as he has done all the work with this horse.
"He's always been a natural jumper. He handled the ground, but you would imagine that he will be a horse that will appreciate much better ground."
Henry de Bromhead hopes to run Supasundae in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham after he won the Paddy Power Maiden Hurdle under Johnny Burke.
The 5-2 scorer, formerly trained by Andrew Balding and Tim Fitzgerald, stepped up considerably on his hurdling bow at Gowran last month to account for 10-11 favourite Silver Concorde by 13 lengths.
De Bromhead said: "He was very green in Gowran, and it has taken him time to learn jumping. He was better this time and has gears.
"I thought it was a savage run in the Cheltenham bumper (sixth) where he led until about a furlong down.
"I don't think he needs too much racing as he disappointed at Punchestown last season.
"Ultimately, I'd like to go to the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, and he could come back here for the Grade One over two miles, two furlongs before that. He has a real engine and is an exciting horse."
