Quiscover Fontaine justified odds of 1/2 in the Greenmount Racing Club Novice Hurdle in workmanlike fashion under Emmet Mullins.

On terms with Alice Bradys Call after that one made a mistake two out, Willie Mullins' charge led before the last and was kept up to his work to score by one and a quarter lengths.

Winning owner, Brendan Doyle said: "We're happy enough as he needs two and a half miles. We have been keeping him to two miles on this ground as he is only just a five-year-old and we didn't want to bottom him out. From here on he'll be going over two and a half miles plus. He'll be entered in the two staying novices at Cheltenham and he could go for the Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle at Thurles around the same time. A half-brother of his (Kim Fontaine) won the first running of that race. He has been showing a lot more at home recently." (EM)