Clan Tara crashed out of the Grade 3 Beamish Stout Phil Sweeney Memorial Chase at an early stage leaving just three runners to battle it out in the two and a quarter miler and not surprisingly given the way the market shaped up beforehand the trio of participants had their chances two from home. However Paul Carberry pulled Psycho to the stand's side from here and it was soon apparent that he was getting the best of the argument at Thurles.
The well-backed Quiscover Fontaine tried hard to close Psycho down from before the final fence but the victorious ten-year-old wasn't for catching and he stayed on well on the run-in to score by two and a half lengths. Front-runner Let Yourself Go was left to complete as a weary last of the three.
Winning trainer Tony Martin said: "He was unlucky at Cheltenham. He landed on top of the fifth fence and it was goodnight then. You can put a line through that and he schooled since at Naas under Carberry and went well.
"He jumped brilliantly today and he couldn't have done it any better. He's been an unlucky horse and I'd suppose I'll stick him in a few races at Cheltenham and Fairyhouse and we'll see what happens in the meantime."
