Day two of the Cheltenham Festival has seen plenty of success for Irish jockeys and trainers, as the cream of the crop continues to rise to the top.
Paul Townend got Ireland off to a flyer as he brought short-odds favourite Sir Gerhard home to win the Grade One Ballymore Novices' Hurdle, registering another success for trainer Willie Mullins in doing so.
The next Irish success was a whopping 50/1 fairytale for trainer Gordon Elliott and owner Michael O'Leary, who watched on as Shane Fitzgerald from Buttevant in Cork ran a fantastic race aboard Commander Of Fleet and inched out Darragh O'Keeffe from Doneraile on Fastorslow to land a surprise win in the Coral Cup.