Irish Point was an impressive winner of the Turners Mersey Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree under Davy Russell for trainer Gordon Elliott.
The 5/1 shot ran in mid-division and crept into a more prominent position as the field turned for home.
Behind the leaders over the penultimate hurdle, the five-year-old took up the lead over the last and pulled clear up the home straight to win comfortably from Kateira, who was three and a half lengths in arrears.
