Star bumper performer Dunguib cemented his position as red-hot favourite for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle with a winning debut over jumps at Galway.

The Philip Fenton-trained six-year-old was virtually foot-perfect in the CCTV Venue Control Maiden Hurdle and won in a canter as the 1-7 favourite, scoring with loads more in hand than the official four-length margin over An Toileanach.

William Hill reacted by cutting him to 5-2 favourite from 3-1 for the Supreme at Cheltenham next March, while Paddy Power are unchanged at 3-1.

Fenton said: "That was excellent - a nice introduction to hurdles and it'll be onwards and upwards from here. He'd probably settle better in a quicker run race. He was far from a natural when he started schooling but we schooled him over all sorts.

"He was schooled as early as after Cheltenham. We've no immediate plans but the Royal Bond at Fairyhouse next month would be an obvious target or maybe a winners of one somewhere.

"He has bundles of pace and two miles is probably far enough for him."

Coral trimmed Dunguib to 11-4 favourite (from 100-30) for the Supreme, with spokesman David Stevens saying: "We can't recall having such a hot favourite for the Cheltenham Festival curtain-raiser at this early stage of the campaign.

"But the truth is Dunguib was well clear of his rivals in bumpers and all the signs point to that dominance being transferred to the novice hurdle division."

Dunguib won four of five starts in bumpers, including when strolling to a brilliant success in the championship event at Cheltenham in March, although was disqualified from first place in the Punchestown equivalent after a prohibited substance was found following a routine sample.

The only horse to pass the post in front of him to date remains On Raglan Road, who beat Dunguib by three and a half lengths at Punchestown in April last year.

Fosters Cross (100-30) looked a promising recruit with a successful debut over fences in the Barna Waste Ballybrit Novice Chase.

Winner of his last two starts over hurdles, Tom Mullins' seven-year-old led after the last after Let Yourself Go had made the running.

He kept on up the hill for Davy Russell to hold Schelm by two and a half lengths.

"He schooled for point-to-points before he ever came to me so that stood in good stead today," said Mullins.

"We thought when the ground changed that his chance was gone but he handled it well. He has plenty of foot over two miles. We have no immediate plans."

Johnny Murtagh followed up his Racing Post Trophy success on the brilliant St Nicholas Abbey at Doncaster by taking the opener on Reggae Rock.

The 2-1 joint-favourite, trained by Ger Lyons, got the better of long-time leader Rudi Valentino to take the Corrib Oil Sean Cleary Memorial Auction Race by a length and a half.

The John Oxx-trained Noble Galileo (8-1) landed her second course and distance success when holding Ian Williams' challenger Citizenship by three-quarters of a length in the Renvyle House Hotel Handicap under Fran Berry.

Patrick Mangan, 19, rode his second winner as a professional when bringing up an across-the-card treble for Edward O'Grady with victory on Judge Roy Bean (13-2) in the Sanserv Handicap Hurdle.

O'Grady also won with Slieveardagh (20-1) and Killenaule Boy (14-1) at Wexford to complete a 2,361-1 treble for the Thurles trainer.