Last Kingdom rules supreme in Listowel 

Elsewhere on the card, Carrigmoornaspruce gave 7lb claimer Michael Kenneally, from Dungourney, his first winner since turning professional

LANDMARK SUCCESS: Jockey Michael Kenneally celebrates after Carrigmoornaspruce gave him his first win as a professional.  Picture: Healy Racing

Willie Mullins took the week’s feature, the Guinness Kerry National, on Wednesday afternoon in Listowel and added another big one to his week’s haul when Last Kingdom ran out a comfortable winner of the Listowel Races Supporters’ Club Lartigue Hurdle run in memory of John Molyneaux.

Paul Townend chose to ride a positive race about the JP McManus-owned gelding, and he travelled best of all to the home turn. Fellow McManus-owned runner Puturhandstogether threatened to put it up to him in the straight, but the leader found plenty to put a third career success on his card.