MR Mantilla and High Stakes have rapidly become the equine stars of the season with their respective meteoric rise through the ranks, and both bolstered their respective reputations with impressive successes on a bumper Stradbally card.

The former has been the only horse to inflict a defeat on High Stakes when making a winning re-appearance at Loughanmore in October, and he added a second subsequent victory in open company to his career haul when carrying the Jimmy Devereux colours to defeat Willie Mullins’ Bellow Mome in the day’s feature race.