Racing: Back In Front blotted his copybook when falling on his seasonal reappearance in the Wilderness Chase at Clonmel.
The 4-7 favourite was settled just off the early pace by Paddy Flood and had been jumping fluently until getting into the roots of the ninth fence, giving his jockey no chance of keeping the partnership intact.
Conor O'Dwyer and 7-1 chance Hear The Echo had taken up the running approaching the fifth and took full advantage of the favourite's mishap to land a very easy success from Paul Nolan's Coljon.
Despite jumping out to the left at the final obstacle, the Mouse Morris-trained five-year-old clearly had too much class for the remainder of the field and hardly broke sweat in carrying the famous War Of Attrition colours to victory.
Hear The Echo was introduced by Cashmans as a 33-1 chance to win the Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
"If you're not in it you can't win it," smiled Morris on greeting Hear The Echo back in the winner's enclosure.
"That wasn't bad for a first run over fences and I was quite impressed - he jumped lovely. There are no real future plans."