THE admirable Western Victory added further lustre to her already distinguished career as she notched up her eighth success with a typically willing effort in the Jim Strang & Sons Kilsheelan Hurdle over three miles which may have brought the curtain down on her career with the father and son team of Declan Queally.

This remarkably tough and versatile mare, who is due to come under the hammer at a sale in Cheltenham on Friday, produced a display which contained all the qualities which have made her such a formidable force over the last few seasons.