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Pretreville made all to land the Group 3 Amethyst Stakes under Ronan Whelan for Adrian McGuinness.

Easy-to-back Cheltenham Festival winner Marie’s Rock (10/1) led home a Nicky Henderson one-three in the Coolmore Kew Gardens Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle.

Ireland's longest race, the 4m2f Mongey Communications La Touche at Punchestown, was today won for the second time by 15 year old Ballyboker Bridge, who was immediately retired by trainer Peter Maher.

Energumene completed the Cheltenham/Punchestown Champion Chases double today, as the Willie Mullins trained star chaser won the William Hill-sponsored race under jockey Paul Townend.

“This time last year I was in Portugal lying on a beach but I'm a lot happier to be here” quipped Gordon Elliott in Punchestown's winner's enclosure today, following an opening races treble.