Eight-year-old was battling Energumene in the Hilly Way before unseating Richie Deegan at the final fence.
Joseph O’Brien is targeting the King George VI Chase with Banbridge following his late exit at Cork on Sunday.
“He’s come out of it fine and I was very pleased with him. Giving Energumene 10lb, to give him a little bit of a fright at the last I thought was a great run over that trip,” said O’Brien.The Yellow Clay snatches victory in Tote Navan Novice Hurdle“We knew he’d come on from Navan and we’ve been working from race to race. Since Punchestown , we’ve been targeting the King George and the plan was that we’d have the two prep runs.
Meanwhile, Daryl Jacob will step up the recovery from his latest collarbone injury by riding out later this week.
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