DES McDonogh rolled back the years in the RYBO Handicap Hurdle as the good prize that has long threatened to come the way of the trainer’s Hearts Are Trumps finally arrived in the €80,000 feature on the opening day of the Easter Festival.

A good third in this race two years ago and second in this season’s Galway Hurdle, the J.P. McManus-owned eight-year-old lined up with solid credentials in top level handicaps.