French Dynamite bounces back to winning ways 

Earlier, Richie Deegan, deputising for the injured JJ Slevin, seized his opportunity on board Joseph O’Brien’s French import Jordans in the Grade Three BetVictor Novice Chase.

EXPLOSIVE DISPLAY: French Dynamite wins the Grade Three BetVictor Chase in the hands of Mark Walsh.  Picture: Healy Racing 

Without a win for almost two years, the Mouse Morris-trained French Dynamite bounced back to winning ways when making most of the running to beat seasonal debutants Minella Indo and Hewick in the Grade Three  BetVictor Chase in Punchestown.

The Mark Walsh-ridden nine-year-old, backed into 7-2, jumped impeccably in front and stayed on well in the closing stages to triumph by two and a quarter lengths in a race which saw favourite Conflated genuflect and unseat Jack Kennedy at the first.