MADARA (4/1 joint favourite) was one of only three British-trained runners across the Dublin Racing Festival but secured his Gloucestershire-based trainer Sophie Leech a memorable win with an impressive victory in the two-mile-one-furlong Ryanair Handicap Chase.

The five-year-old impressed in the manner of his victory over In Excelsis Deo at Cheltenham in December and he built on that here, travelling notably well under the France-based rider James Reveley. Sent to the front on the approach to the last, the pair came right away after the last before joint favourite Path D’oroux closed the gap to two and three quarter lengths late on.