A FLAWLESS first season over fences was signed off in some style by Colm Murphy’s most dependable mare Impervious, who proved in a different league to her rivals in the Grade 2 Hanlon Concrete Irish EBF Glencarraig Lady Francis Flood Mares Chase.

Some horses have the potential to run below their best come the end of the season at Punchestown, but the J.P. McManus-owned seven-year-old arguably saved her best performance of the season for last.