The James & Helen Hannan Memorial Handicap Chase proved a real triumph for the Tom Taaffe yard with Breaking Silence beating stable-companion Merdeka.
For good measure his Grand National third Slim Pickings shaped well on his reappearance in sixth and could turn out next in the Hennessy at Newbury in three weeks.
Breaking Silence (6/4-2/1fav) completed a hat-trick when making all under Tom Ryan, keeping on well to beat Merdeka by two and a half lengths.
'Breaking Silence is still a novice and only a six-year-old, and that's enough for now. He'll have a break and be back in the spring,' said Taaffe.
'Merdeka jumped well and showed a bit of his old spark, while we'll see how Slim Pickings is in a week or so before deciding about the Hennessy ' he added.
John Kiely's association with the Kinane family stretches back 55 years and continued when the Dungarvan trainer saddled Migmatite to land the Fishery Lane Hurdle.
The Giants Causeway gelding is bred by 13 times champion Flat jockey Michael Kinane and partly owned by his wife Catherine, both on hand to greet the David Casey-ridden Listed winner.
Kiely afterwards recalled getting a point-to-point horse from Kinane's uncle Christy in 1952 and said, 'This is a great day for me and he has the makings of a nice horse for next spring.'
Secretofshambhala went some way towards realising the high regard he's held in by trainer Tom Mullins by recording a shock 16/1 victory in the 2m beginners chase.
Robert Power sent him past the well-backed 2/5 favourite Montana Bay early in the straight, and he stayed on strongly to score by eight lengths.
'I've always thought he was a good horse but he's had his problems and we finally seem to have him right,' said Mullins.
He added, 'He's a great jumper and I'm sure he'll stay as he won a point-to-point on soft ground. I think he could be an Irish National horse.'
Michael Bowe saddled his first winner since taking over the licence from his father James as Earth Magic justified 7/4 favouritism in the 2m3f winners race.
Tom Doyle's mount was prominent throughout and headed Dancing Tornado with a renewed effort after the last to beat that rival by four and a half lengths.
'He's always there or thereabouts and today was his day. I'm delighted that he's my first winner as he's an old favourite at home.'
'He'll jump fences eventually but we'll have to discuss whether that's this season or next,' said Bowe of the Taipan gelding who races in the colours of his mother Phyllis.
Viso defied a 15lb rise in the ratings for an easy win at Punchestown last month when taking the two miles handicap hurdle under Davy Condon by two and a half lengths from Cousteau.
'I didn't think he would carry the weight (11.8) as he's not a big horse. He enjoys that nice ground and could go well in some of the big handicaps with a light weight,' said trainer Willie Mullins.
Paul Carberry was seen to good effect aboard Glenfolan in the 3m handicap chase, getting the Tony Martin-trained gelding up in the final strides to pip Slyguff Rory by a short-head.
J P Magnier got a nice run up the inner aboard Western Kid in the bumper to deny the well-backed favourite Presenting Thyne by three quarters of a length.
Alan Magee
