Apt To Run picked up a valuable prize for fledgling trainer Michael Murphy with victory in the 27,000 euro Roadbridge Summer Hurdle at Limerick this evening.

Willie Mullins unleashed another potential champion bumper contender as Fiveforthree bolted in by seven lengths at Punchestown to receive quotes of 12-1 for the Cheltenham contest from Ladbrokes and William Hill.

De Valira had his Supreme Novices’ Hurdle hopes dented when he could only finish second behind Orbit O’Gold in the Byrne Group plc Novice Hurdle at Punchestown.