Limerick Delight for O'Brien

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There was all to play for at the final fence where the consistent eight-year-old was just behind the leader Baby Shine.

Lucy Wadham's Newmarket raider suffered a crashing fall, however, but thankfully both horse and rider Leighton Aspell swiftly rose to their feet.

Baby Shine's demise left Caoimhe's Delight (5/1) to lift the Grade Two prize by a length and three-quarters from Civena in the hands of Davy Condon.

It was a welcome change of fortune for Caoimhe's Delight as she had been placed on her last five completed starts.

"She got beat the last day and it was my fault. I told Paul (Townend) to force the pace, but it killed her on that tacky and bottomless ground," said County Cork-based O'Brien.

"I wasn't going to run her until four or five days ago, but she started to show me a little bit at home.

"This is my first Graded win and over a trip on nicer ground she might have a chance in a big handicap. She'll be grand when she goes to stud eventually, with that win under her belt."

Katie T (13/2) got the better of the odds-on Urticaire to take Grade Three honours in the Kerry Group EBF Mares Novice Hurdle.

Adrian Heskin produced the Kevin Prendergast-trained five-year-old to collar Willie Mullins' charge close home and score by half a length.

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Limerick Delight for O'Brien