THE Willie Mullins-trained odds-on favourite Tiger Tap Tap, racing in the familiar silks of Susannah Ricci, was left with the Munster Hurdle for the taking at Clonmel after his main danger Insult came to grief after the final flight when suffering what appeared to be a fatal heart attack.

The 1/2 favourite had just begun to lengthen away when the drama struck and Paul Townend’s mount went on to beat Ferocious by 23 lengths.