A campaign that started with a whimper over fences sparked right back to life for Hiddenvalley Lake in the William Hill Boyne Hurdle, as the unexposed seven-year-old rewarded strong market support to take out Navan’s Grade 2 feature for Robcour.

A Grade 3 novice hurdle winner who was the final finisher in last season’s Albert Bartlett, he didn’t jump like a complete natural over fences when sent chasing at this track in December and falling at the third last. This was much more like it from the Henry de Bromhead-trained youngster, though.