Barry Geraghty and JP McManus landed a quick double in the opening two races of the Easter Monday card at Fairyhouse.
Sutton Place completed a hat-trick in the Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Novice Hurdle.
The winner of a Fairyhouse bumper and a Listed novice hurdle at Naas since the turn of the year, Gordon Elliott's charge was the 13-8 favourite stepped up to Grade Two level.
Geraghty was getting lower in the saddle rounding the home turn and he looked booked for minor honours when a bad mistake at the final flight handed the initiative to the strong-travelling Royal Caviar, whom he had beaten comprehensively three weeks ago.
However, not for the first time, Royal Caviar found little when asked for maximum effort and Sutton Place battled back tenaciously to prevail by half a length. Moon Over Germany was 10 lengths back in third.
"He's a nice horse. He was very green and I'd imagine that will probably be him for the year. He'll be a nice horse with a summer's grass," said Elliott.
"He did everything to get beat. Barry said it was a faster gallop than the last day and he's still a baby and very green. He kicked a few hurdles out of the ground.
"To come back and win after that mistake at the last - I'd say he's a nice horse. I'd imagine he'll go chasing next year."
Slowmotion had earlier got favourite-backers off to a flying start with an impressive victory in the REA Grimes Property Consultants Juvenile Hurdle.
Aidan O'Brien's French recruit suffered a short-priced reverse when touched off on her Irish debut at Limerick a fortnight ago and she was a 2-1 market leader to recoup those losses.
Tocororo took the eight-strong field along for much of the two-mile journey, but the pack closed up before the home turn and Barry Geraghty remained an unmoved figure in the saddle aboard Slowmotion.
Rashaan did his best to make a race of it, but the O'Brien filly had too many gears, quickening up well from the final flight to score by seven lengths.
The trainer's son, Joseph, has been credited with preparing his National Hunt string and will officially get a training licence this spring.
"She was probably a little bit fresh in Limerick and we might have left her a little short," said O'Brien junior. "She looked like she was going to win everywhere but probably blew up a little at the back of the last. She improved a lot from that.
"She was very good today. She settled brilliantly and jumped very well. She handles an ease in the ground and should stay well. She's a very exciting filly.
"We'll see how she comes out of this and I'll talk to JP (McManus) and Frank (Berry, racing manager).
"She probably doesn't have to run again but if she does Punchestown would be the logical target."
On getting his licence, O'Brien added: "The course is in May. It's three days over three weeks and hopefully I'll have the licence by the end of May."
British challenger Value At Risk showed admirable courage to claim victory in the Keelings Irish Strawberry Hurdle.
Formerly a smart bumper performer in Ireland when trained by Philip Fenton and successful in a valuable event at this track, the seven-year-old endured a difficult start to the current campaign after falling at Newbury and Huntingdon on his first two starts over fences.
Those exits led to trainer Dan Skelton sending his charge back over the smaller obstacles and having run with credit when runner-up at Huntingdon last month, he was an 11-4 chance for this Grade Two.
As is his wont, Value At Risk was ridden positively by the trainer's brother, Harry, and took over the running from Gwencily Berbas on the second circuit.
Marchese Marconi loomed up as a big threat in the home straight, but Skelton's charge fought him off and passed the post a length and a half to the good.
Having initially looked outpaced on the drying ground, 5-2 favourite Dedigout got rolling late to finish third.
The delighted winning trainer said: "The owner has been very patient. I knew at the start of the season I had a top-quality horse.
"He might not be a Gold Cup horse, he might just be behind that grade, but he's very, very good.
"The fall at Newbury just knocked him back so much and I really struggled to get him right all season.
"I got it wrong early in the season and this is a little bit of payback. I had no excuses coming here and I'm glad he was able to start to show what we think he's capable of."
Kim Bailey said before the John & Chich Fowler Memorial EBF Mares Chase that Emily Gray (evens favourite) will be heading to the breeding sheds and she bows out on a high after a determined victory.
Just Cause gave National hero Morris further reason to celebrate in the Fleet Connect Handicap Hurdle, while On The Shannon won the Fred Kenny Lifetime Service To Racing Novice Handicap Chase and Blow By Blow took the Boomerang Animal Bedding Flat Race.
