Roi Du Mee (left) is about to be strongly pressed by Foildubh at the last© Photo Healy Racing
< Roi Du Mee regained his At The Races Bobbyjo Chase crown with a battling display at Fairyhouse.
Gordon Elliott's 2013 winner was always in the firing line at the head of affairs, and had seen off favourite My Murphy and Spring Heeled on the home turn.< Foildubh came from off the pace to throw down a huge challenge in the straight, but after jumping the last in unison, Roi Du Mee (7-4) found a little more for Bryan Cooper to score by half a length.< Gwencily Berbas (13-2) gave trainer Alan Fleming a high-profile first winner since returning to Ireland when landing the Grade Two Bambury Bookmakers Juvenile Hurdle.
Odds-on favourite Vercingetorix was wayward at the first turn and not too smart at a couple of his hurdles, allowing Adrian Heskin to take control early on and never look back, coming home an 11-length winner over Lettre De Cachet < Dogora was another odds-on favourite to be beaten when Smokey Joe Joe found more up the run-in to take the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase.
Dogora moved easily to the front two from home, but could not shrug off Stephen Mahon's 9-2 chance, who jumped the last almost on terms and responded well to Ger Fox's drive to score by half a length.
The switch to handicap company was just the ticket for Anotherlady (33-1), who swept clear between the last two flights to land the Bambury Bookmakers Mares Handicap Hurdle for trainer Philip Dempsey and his jockey son Luke.
Luke Dempsey made it a double when Michael Mulvany's Rightdownthemiddle (9-2) produced a strong charge down the centre of the track to collar Flaming Dawn on the line in the attheraces.com Exclusive Barry Geraghty Blog Handicap Hurdle.
Last Time D'Albain justified 9-4 favouritism with some ease in the Bambury Bookmakers Hunters Chase, while the Ian Smith Memorial Flat Race went to Liz Doyle's Golan Lodge (12-1) under Jamie Codd.
