Keith Donoghue will retain the ride on Flooring Porter as the dual Stayers’ Hurdle winner takes aim at the Liam & Valerie Brennan Florida Pearl Novice Chase at Punchestown on Saturday.

Affordale Fury’s 150-1 runner-up effort in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle may have surprised some, but not trainer Noel Meade.

Paul Nicholls earned his second Grade One victory of the week at the Cheltenham Festival when Stay Away Fay was given a masterful ride by Harry Cobden to take the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle.

Dawn Rising scooped Grade Three honours when scoring at 10-1 in a dramatic renewal of the John Lynch Carpets & Flooring Monksfield Novice Hurdle at Navan.