Racing: Chelsea Harbour returned to winning ways in the Clonmel Service Station Handicap Hurdle at the Irish track. The Tom Mullins-trained eight-year-old showed his liking for a test of stamina with a game victory over the staying-on Sonnium.
Ruby Walsh brought the 7-4 favourite to head long-time leader The Bay Lad before the second last and go on for a smooth four and a half length success from Sonnium. The Bay Lad was a length away in third.
Mullins was not at the Clonmel, but his wife Helen said: "The plan is to go next for the Troytown Handicap Chase at Navan. Tom was really happy with him.
"Ruby was thrilled with the horse and thinks he could be a Welsh National type, he stays so well."
Tom Taaffe's Glenfinn Captain continued his progression with a convincing victory in the Clonmel Oil Chase, but the disappointment of the race was Snowy Morning.
The Barry Geraghty-ridden winner would have been considerably worse off with the Grand National third had the race been a handicap and as a result Snowy Morning was sent off the 13-8 favourite to score on his first start of the season.
However, Walsh was sending out distress signals pretty early and favourite backers never looked like collecting.
Glenfinn Captain, who has yet to fulfil his early promise over fences, had won at the track last month and finally looks like getting his act together over the larger obstacles.
The 5-2 second-favourite was kept up to his work after the last to beat long-time leader One Cool Cookie by five lengths, with Light On The Broom third.
Taaffe said: "Obviously he's coming back to himself. I'd like to thank J P McManus, who's been very patient with me and let me do my own thing with this horse. He had a bad case of colic in January 2007. It was touch and go, the horse nearly died.
"We'll have to have a think now where we go next. He probably won't run again until Christmas or just before. The Boylesports Gold Cup at Cheltenham in mid-December is a possibility."
Bohemian Lass (9-2) ran out a ready winner of the EBF T.A. Morris Memorial Mares Chase to give John Cullen a double.
Cullen was on board Fortune Seeker in the first race and always had the five-year-old in a handy position to give trainer Bill Harney one of the biggest winners of his career.
After winning at Thurles recently the mare looks to be improving rapidly and had no trouble in beating Stonehouse by eight lengths.
Yet again a Willie Mullins favourite was disappointing with Pomme Tiepy beaten a long way from home much in the same manner as Snowy Morning.