Lark In The Morning defied his own connections worries about ground conditions to take the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle in impressive fashion.

Trained by Joseph O'Brien and ridden by his cousin JJ Slevin, the son of Soldier Hollow was kept wide on the run down the hill, took it up on the turn in and went away after the last for a two-length score over Eagles Reign, who ran a fine race for Ross O'Sullivan at odds of 80/1.