Bolger said: "I'm gobsmacked by how easy he won. He's really taken to this and loves it. Hopefully he will have a future at this game.

"He was a high-profiled horse in his younger days and it's great that he's come good in the end.

"He's won at Punchestown and Cheltenham now and it takes a fair horse to win at both.

"Nina is world class and the horse just runs and jumps for her."

Carberry said: "It went very smoothly, we had a few little mishaps but he was the best horse on the day.

"They go slower in these races and that seems to suit him. They either enjoy it or they don't round this course.

"I got there too soon really but he did it well, I thought he'd pull himself up in front but he didn't," she told Racing UK.

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