Swiftmarc ran out a game winner of the 2m4f conditions hurdle at Tipperary to follow up on his success at Punchestown last month.

Dessie Hughes' charge had a few pounds to find on ratings with some of the field but came into the contest in form while many of his rivals didn't.

Roger Loughran got his mount to the front at the last and he kept the determined Decoy Daddy at bay by half-a-length.

"He's an improving horse. Eagle's Pass fall left it wide open as some of the rest hadn't been sparkling on form recently," said Hughes.

It was a second success from two starts for the gelding since he joined the Hughes yard.