Night shocks big guns
Benefit Night sprung a surprise in the Anglo Irish Bank Nas Na Riogh Chase after benefiting from a fine front-running ride from Barry Cash.
Cash, who used to ride Brave Inca in his novice hurdling days, set a steady gallop in the early stages but gradually wound up the pace from halfway and attacked every fence in the process.
Despite the presence of Grade One winners Mister Top Notch and Schindlers Hunt, Cash managed to get his rivals hard at work before the turn into the straight.
The 12-1 chance put in another prodigious leap at the final fence, at which the favourite Schindlers Hunt fell when beaten, and held off Letterman (25-1) to score by a length and a quarter, with Baron De Feypo third.
