Racing: Cork All Star, winner of the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival last March, registered a facile success as he made his first appearance over timber in the Winter Festival 2007 Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse earlier today.
Jessica Harrington's five-year-old was reunited with his Cheltenham pilot Barry Geraghty and the pair were always travelling well in the two-mile-two-furlong heat.
Sent off at 1-3, Cork All Star readily took over at the penultimate flight of hurdles and measured the last in good style on his way to beating 100-1 chance Inter Mutanda by a ready eight lengths.
Harrington said: "He jumped well and was a bit too brave at times but he will learn. He was always jumping safe and gave the last plenty of height.
"We just wanted to get through this and we will take it from here now. It was just nice to get some jumping into him at two miles and two furlongs."