Pivotal Flame shot clear on the run to land the mares' handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe.

Danny Mullins' mount made progress to lead at the last and stayed on stoutly off the home bend to take the honours by four and three quarter lengths.

She obliged at 25/1 from heavily-punted Le Hachette the 7/2 favourite. Cocohulababy was another four lengths away in third at 9/1.

Trainer Billy Lanigan said: "She's a nice mare and she won a few races in England.

"She's big and scopey and she'll probably jump a fence."

Additional reporting by Eamonn Murphy