< Princeton Plains produced the goods where it mattered to take the Guinness Handicap Hurdle at Listowel.
Held up towards the rear of the field by Niall Madden, the 13/2 shot crept into contention and joined The Bull Hayes and Delphi Mountain at the last flight.
Delphi Mountain put up the strongest fight on the run-in, but Eddie Harty's charge found plenty to win by half a length.
Ruby Walsh returned to the winner's enclosure for the first time since his comeback from injury when guiding Bundle Of Fun to victory in the Devon Inn Hotel Handicap Hurdle.
Sprinting clear of Blackwell Synergy on the run-in, Willie Mullins' 5-1 chance took the spoils by a length and three quarters.< Son Amix s eagerly-anticipated chasing debut in the Kevin McManus Beginners Chase turned into a damp squib for Tom Cooper's charge, as he could not reel in the front-running Toomdeely
The Pertemps Final runner-up made a couple of serious errors in the early stages, while Tom Doyle built up a massive advantage on Toomdeely (13/2), who kept finding more to win by seven lengths.< Bancnuanaheireann (12/1) made a successful start to his career in the Helena Sheahen Memorial Maiden.
Jim Bolger's four-year-old has obviously had his problems but displayed a good attitude to squeeze between runners turning into the straight, and he careered away to register an impressive nine-and-a-half-length defeat of Loch Ard < Aris showed commendable resolution to break her duck in the Tote Jackpot Guarantee Median Auction Maiden.
The 7/1 chance hit the front a furlong and a half from the finish and found more when Gordon Lord Byron loomed up to prevail by half a length.
Just three days after finishing third behind Bonnir Acclamation here, Darasal Wane (3/1 favourite) went two better in the T.P. Walsh Memorial Handicap, while the Michael Hourigan-trained 33/1 outsider Run With The Wind pipped Mutiska in a head-bobbing finish to the F.B.D. Insurance Handicap.
