There may have been about seventeen lengths between the pair last time behind Voler La Vedette at Leopardstown on St Stephen's Day but the money was for Across The Bay (11/4 in the morning into 6/4) to make up the deficit on even money favourite, Qualviro

Backers of Across The Bay were proved correct as he came out best by two and a half lengths after a serious slog with the front-running market-leader.

Noel Meade trains the Barry Geraghty-ridden son of Bob's Return. There was a distance back to the third placed Colbert Station Nine of the seventeen runners pulled up in the very testing conditions. (EM)