Gordon Elliott completed a quick double in the last two races at Thurles when Demandrivingthevan landed odds of 1/4 in the bumper.

A point-to-point winner and second in a hot bumper at Punchestown in May, he was in front before halfway and stayed on well under Jamie Codd to defeat Spitalfield by two and a half lengths.

Elliott, who won the previous contest with Favori De Champdou said: "Jamie said he wasn't doing a stroke once he got to the front and when Declan's (Lavery) horse March To Victory ran off the track, he had to roll on.

"I wasn't even thinking of running him in a bumper until I found a race but he is a grand horse. He'll go straight over hurdles now."

Quotes from Tom Weekes