MARTELLO Tower secured his first success since the 2015 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham when getting the better of a thrilling finish to the Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Beginners Chase at Fairyhouse.

Acapella Bourgeois took the field along for the vast majority of the race, and though Martello Tower was not travelling best on the turn for home, his stamina drew him upsides the leader. The 11-10 favourite just got the better of the pacesetter over the last, but was all out to fend off the late surge of A Genie In Abottle, eventually prevailing by a neck under Denis O'Regan.