Noel Fehily truly at his finest in the autumn of his career

The Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle - the feature race on day three of the Punchestown Festival - was a tale of one jockey who can practically do no wrong this season and another who can barely catch a break this week, writes Darren Norris.

Two jockeys, both nearer the end of their career than the start, served up a classic and it was Noel Fehily on Unowhatimeanharry who just got the better of Ruby Walsh on Nichols Canyon.

It was the sixth time this week that Walsh had finished second, a run of ill-fortune that would test the patience of a saint even if he did finally get a first winner of the week via Asthuria in yesterday’s penultimate race.