THE total prize fund for the featured McHale Mayo National Handicap Chase had increased by €20,000 since Tullybeg’s win for Gordon Elliott in the previous year’s renewal and the Cullentra handler scooped the lion’s share of the €100,000 on offer when saddling four of the first five home.

Runner-up in five of his six starts over fences coming into the race, Duffle Coat put it all together on this occasion to run out a decisive winner at odds of 14/1.