SUNDAY’S Duhallow Foxhounds fixture at Dromahane was the final meeting before Christmas and Sam Curling’s veteran Lite Duties provided further credence to the accepted maxim ‘once a good horse, always a good horse’ by posting a typically tough front-running success to claim victory in a good renewal of the open.

The 11-year-old, who won three opens last season, was having a third outing of the campaign and he disputed the running with Dos Gardenias until upping the tempo on the approach to the fourth last of the 13 obstacles.