Champion Hurdle runner-up Harchibald sets back out on the road to the Cheltenham Festival when facing six others in the Grade One John James McManus Memorial Hurdle at Tipperary on Sunday.

Cloone River, the 2/1 favourite in this afternoon's feature hurdle race at Galway, had a disastrous fall going over the fourth last fence, leaving the field open for Niall Madden to triumph aboard the number nine More Rainbows, at a chance of 33/1.

Accordion Etoile did all that was required for consecutive victories in the betdaq.com Hurdle at Tipperary this afternoon.

Johnny Murtagh is back in front in the Irish jockey's championship after a late-afternoon double at Leopardstown aboard Livadiya (14-1) and the even-money favourite Calorando.