AS expected, Yorkhill got his chasing career off to a successful start as the day’s star attraction enjoyed a leisurely introduction to the larger obstacles in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase.

An outstanding novice hurdler last term, the Willie Mullins charge is unquestionably a stellar recruit to fences and that was reflected in his starting price of 1/8. This two-mile assignment was an ultimately very straightforward one for the Andrea and Graham Wylie-owned gelding, who Ruby Walsh sent to the front at a relatively early stage.