KOSHARI’s victory in a Grade B hurdle at Punchestown gave Walk In The Park (Montjeu) his eighth blacktype winner over jumps. That list already includes Min and Douvan. This was the nine-year-olds sixth win in all.

The two other hurdle winners on the final two days of the Punchestown Festival were the French-bred El Barra (Racingar), a half-brother to a pair of smart hurdlers in the full-sisters Barra and Creation (Vendangeur), and the English challenger Pure Bliss (Mount Nelson), a half-sister to the listed hurdle winner Secret Edge (Tobougg). El Barra cost Harold Kirk £280,000 in 2018, while Pure Bliss was bought by Harry Fry for €100,000 at Punchestown two years ago.