'You couldn't knock him today' - Townend praise as Salvator Mundi delivers at Thurles 

It was a facile win for the Willie Mullins six-year-old.

Salvator Mundi & Paul Townend win the Horse & Jockey Beginners Steeplechase. Pic: Healy Racing

At the third time of asking, Salvator Mundi got off the mark over fences at Thurles on Thursday, cruising to a 28-length win over stablemate Fishery Lane in the Horse & Jockey Beginners Chase.

A Grade One-winning hurdler last season, the Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old was beaten at short odds on his chasing debut here in November before finishing a distant sixth to Romeo Coolio in a Leopardstown Grade One on St Stephen’s Day.