Dancing On My Own made hard work of landing odds of 1/2 in the five-runner BoyleSports Best Odds Guaranteed Chase.
The Henry de Bromhead-trained ten-year-old, victorious in valuable handicaps at Aintree and Cheltenham last year, tracked the leaders and was less than fluent at a couple of fences. Pushed along in second before two out, it was only on the run-in that Sean Mulryan's good servant mastered front-running Je T'ai Porte for a length-and-three-quarters verdict.
Rider Rachael Blackmore said: "It wasn't pretty but he's just not the same horse on that kind of ground. It's still just summer soft but for his jumping to be at its best, he wants better ground and he was inclined to jump a little bit left here as well.
"He was flat out all the way, but I knew he was going to pick up. He runs his heart out every day and it's a lovely one to get.
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