Lake lands Navan prize

Watson Lake bounced back from a disappointing show at the Cheltenham Festival to claim Nickname’s scalp in the Grade Three An Uaimh Chase at Navan.

The Noel Meade-trained eight-year-old was always towards the back in the Queen Mother Champion Chase and trailed home a disappointing sixth behind Newmill.

However, he returned to his best in the two-and-a-half-mile contest and after jumping to the front at the final fence, went on to beat Nickname by an easy eight lengths.

Nickname, sent off the even-money favourite, bowled along in front and was still in the lead turning for home after a clean round of jumping.

But Paul Carberry was not far behind on the 5-2 winner and after stalking the long-time leader, he kicked on to notch a bloodless victory.