JP Magnier warmed up for his mount on Shot From The Hip at Cheltenham by riding the winner of the concluding bumper at Navan.

Magnier sent Aughaloor to the front over a furlong out and the Willie Mullins-trained gelding stayed on strongly to score by a length-and-three-quarters from Romantic Lead

"JP wanted a ride before Cheltenham as he needed a bit of a blow out for race fitness and ask us to run something," said stable representative Harold Kirk.

"We thought he would finish in the first four and were a bit surprised but JP gave him a brilliant ride.

"The better ground helped as he's a Supreme Leader and he'll make a nice jumping horse."