Willie Mullins took the feature event for a second night in a row when Riven Light ran out a decisive winner of the Colm Quinn BMW Mile, although he did have to survive a stewards’ inquiry.
Well backed into 7-2 favouritism, the hitherto frustrating hurdler may have found a new vocation for himself after securing the prestigious €120,000 handicap under Declan McDonogh.
McDonogh, who won the race on Eklim in 2003, Vastonea in 2012 and Creggs Pipes in 2016, weaved his way through from the rear.
The inquiry was prompted by his final, decisive manoeuvre that saw the retreating Marshall Jennings impeded, a move that cost the jockey a four-day ban for careless riding, but not the race.
