The West’s Awake was a poignant winner of the two-and-a-half-mile novice chase at Punchestown yesterday.

The second Bree Hunt point-to-point meeting within a week took place at Monksgrange in Co Wexford on Saturday and there were doubles for Jamie Codd and Barry O’Neill, who look set to dominate this season’s riders’ championship.

The tough and remarkably consistent Roi Du Mee completed a hat-trick when making all the running to beat just two rivals in the Daily Mirror Chase in Down Royal yesterday.