PSYCHEDELIC Funk showed his quality with a determined victory in the Group 3 Coolmore Stud Home Of Champions Concorde Stakes at Tipperary.

A smart juvenile last year, Ger Lyons' colt has produced a number of sound efforts this campaign and he was allowed to go off at 6/1 for this seven and a half-furlong contest.

Settled on the heels of the leaders, he made his move at the top of the straight and after going clear a furlong out, he was kept up to his work by title-chasing Colin Keane to beat Downforce by half a length.

Lyons' brother and assistant, Shane, said: "We're thrilled with that and he is a fine big horse, we are really looking forward to his four-year-old career. That's when he is going to come into his own.

"We were very worried about whether or not he'd handle the heavy ground and while he handled summer heavy last season, his heart got him through today.

"He is still a bit of a baby and idled in front and got through the ground by his ability. He'll be better on better ground and will be a proper stakes horse over a mile next year.

"We always thought he was one of the best two-year-olds we've ever had and still think he's one of the best horses we've had. He has gone on that ground now and the Lockinge Stakes in May could be a target."

CHAMPION'S RETURN

Jezki rolled back the years when upstaging younger rivals to make a winning reappearance in the Grade 3 Istabraq Hurdle. The 2014 Champion Hurdle hero was well beaten on his last start in April, but showed his class as he comfortably took the spoils here.

Coquin Mans set out to make all and though he stuck to his guns, he had no answer to Jezki (6/1) once Mark Walsh sent Jessica Harrington's nine-year-old to the front between the last two flights.

The JP McManus-owned gelding galloped on strongly to beat Coquin Mans by four lengths, with Ex Patriot a head away in third. McManus' other runner Jer's Girl, the choice of the owner's number one rider Barry Geraghty, was fourth.

Harrington, who also won the two-year-old maiden with Whirling Dervish, said: "That was fantastic and great to come here early in the year and see how he was, and he just seems to have got back his old spark.

"He never really got it back last year, I don't know why, but he has had a good summer and seems well in himself.

"He did it hands and heels there and he surprised me as I thought he'd blow up. He has class, and class won it for him at the end of the day."

"I have absolutely no plan - I have no idea and I'll enjoy today. He's a great horse and to get him back like that is amazing.

"Things never went right last year and in a way I was under pressure too and he was under pressure to get back, having missed a whole year.

"People probably thought 'that's it, retire him' after his last run last year, but we didn't and he's a smashing horse and a pleasure to have around the place."

Sayar took his unbeaten run over jumps to two as he overcame his relative inexperience to run out a smooth winner of the Grade 3 Joe Mac Novice Hurdle.

The even-money favourite had Housesofparliament for company up front but he easily brushed him aside in the straight and Ruby Walsh did not have to ask him a serious question to land the two-mile prize.

Despite idling, the Willie Mullins-trained four-year-old passed the post two and three-quarter lengths clear of Morgan, who stayed on to claim second spot.

Walsh said: "He did it well and it was only his second run (over hurdles). To beat experienced horses like he beat was a good performance so we're delighted with him.

"He is by Azamour and maybe he'd be better on better ground, but you'd be delighted with what he did today and he's only going to get better, you'd hope. He'll mature through the year."

GOING AWAY

On The Go Again's TheTote.com Handicap victory continued Michael Mulvany's charge's moneyspinning campaign.

World War attempted to make all but On The Go Again (5/1), who landed the Lartigue Hurdle last time to add to three victories on the level this summer, reeled him in and won going away by a length and a half.

"He is officially going on his holidays today!" said Mulvany. "He was in such good form for the last couple of weeks after Listowel, we were letting him out in a paddock and he was in that good a form, I was afraid he'd hurt himself so decided we'd give him another run.

"Hopefully we'll see him in February or March and we are half-thinking of aiming him at the County Hurdle at Cheltenham.

"He is a 132-rated horse here so the English handicapper, according to what he gives, might give him 140 so he might scrape into the bottom of the handicap and that might give him a chance.

"He goes on every type of ground, is a good, genuine, honest horse who looks after himself and doesn't do a whole lot at home.

"I've never won four races in a row before and he's now won six races this year."

Whirling Dervish was a decent third on his Galway introduction, and he built on that to land the Athassel House Stud Irish EBF Maiden.

Jessica Harrington's 9/4 joint-favourite hit the front entering the final quarter-mile and saw out his race well to account for Tashman by six lengths in the hands of Colm O'Donoghue.

Harrington, who also won the Istabraq Hurdle with Jezki, said: "He got a lovely education at Galway and is a beautiful, relaxed horse and would be asleep in the stalls.

"Even though he was niggling him turning in, it was only a matter of when he gave him a squeeze and he took off. He goes to the Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown next."

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