SADLER'S Risk got the better of a protracted duel with Lord Scoundrel to claim top honours in the Irish Daily Star Chase at Punchestown.

Trainer Gordon Elliott had claimed the last five renewals of the Grade 3 prize, with the last two going to sidelined Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Don Cossack. This time around the Cullentra handler fielded Galway Plate hero Lord Scoundrel, who was the 11-8 favourite to get back on the winning trail having come to grief at the second-last in the Kerry National at Listowel last month.