TULLYBEG completed a treble for Gordon Elliott and a double for red-hot 7lb conditional Danny Gilligan as he claimed the season feature at Ballinrobe, the Listed McHale Mayo National Handicap Chase, on Monday evening.

The Bective Stud-owned winner had finished fifth at the Punchestown Festival on his return to action after a winter break. Sent off 12/1, he was settled in mid-division by Gilligan and took closer order from the third last. Having gained a narrow lead at the last, he came home a length and three quarters clear of the well-fancied Sole Pretender who was slightly unlucky having failed to get a run up the inside at a crucial stage after the third-last fence.