A TERRIFIC season regularly punctuated by major handicap wins yielded another big pot for promising claimer Simon Torrens as he teamed up with the Tom Mullins-trained Scoir Mear to bag the €80,000 Baroneracing.com Leinster National Handicap Chase.

In a race dominated by J.P. McManus, who enjoyed a one-two-three, the 11-year-old winner was gaining just reward for a season in which he has contended for some of the best handicap chases in the country.