Embassy Gardens will be a tough nut to crack at Punchestown

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Embassy Gardens has the potential to at least verge on Grade One level as a chaser and if he is going to do so, he will have to deal with Tuesday's challengers. Picture:Healy Racing

Punchestown carries a nice bit of quality to light up a banal Tuesday, and Embassy Gardens gets the nap to make a winning start over fences in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners’ Chase.

A useful sort in bumpers, he took three goes and the step up to almost three miles to get off the mark over hurdles, and when he did so, he could hardly have been more impressive.