NORMAN Lee’s stable star Sole Pretender gave his trainer an evening to cherish as he bagged a big-race success in the Grade 3 Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle.

A brave fifth in the 2019 Galway Hurdle, Sole Pretender returned from close to two years off with a conditions race success at Cork over Easter and then he performed with credit in fifth when upped to three miles and Grade 1 company at the Punchestown Festival.