British raider Kylemore Lough claimed Grade 1 glory for trainer Kerry Lee in the Ryanair Gold Cup at Fairyhouse.
The Herefordshire-based trainer has enjoyed a fantastic first season having taken over the licence from her father, Richard, most notably landing the Coral Welsh Grand National with Mountainous.
Kylemore Lough (7-4) has been another of the stable stars, winning four of his five previous starts over fences, but he faced a sharp rise in class in this two-and-a-half-mile feature.
Racing in the hands of Barry Geraghty, Kylemore Lough jumped smoothly and tracked hot favourite Outlander into the home straight.
There was little to choose between the market principals jumping the final fence, but Lee's charge had more to give on the run-in and galloped on for a one-length success.
The Willie Mullins-trained Outlander ran a perfectly respectable race in second, turning out just 10 days after falling in the JLT Novices' Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
Geraghty was completing a Grade One double having earlier landed the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final aboard Jer's Girl.
Lee said: "This is my first Grade One runner and my first runner in Ireland. It's my 22nd winner of the season.
"I have to give a massive mention to Jamie (Moore) who has put in a lot of work on this horse at home and I'm sorry that he couldn't ride him today (injured).
"Five wins on the bounce is a fantastic achievement, and I'd say it will be Punchestown next, probably over two miles. He's quite versatile distance-wise at two miles or two-and-a-half.
"Potentially we could be looking at anything next year. We've always thought where is the ceiling and we don't know. We'll certainly be aiming for the stars and we'll see what happens.
"I think he's a class horse that isn't ground dependent. His form has come on soft ground, but that said Barry came back and said 'I think he'll go just as well on better ground'."
