THERE was an historic Irish success on Sunday when Keith Donoghue guided the Gavin Cromwell-trained Stumptown to justify favouritism and score a first Irish-trained victory in the famous 135th running of the Velka Pardubicka Chase over four and a half miles at Pardubice in the Czech Republic.

The Cheltenham Cross-country chase winner, owned by the Furze Bush Syndicate, had a length and three quarters to spare over Czech-trained High In The Sky.