Real Steel led home a one-two-three for Willie Mullins in the Horse & Jockey Hotel Chase at Thurles.
Stablemate Footpad was sent-off the 8/11 favourite and after racing keenly, went to the front down the back straight under Daryl Jacob.
However he was headed two out by the eventual winner and flattened out from there, finishing 14 lengths adrift at the line.
Voix Du Reve was back in third.
Real Steel was resuming winning ways after finish fourth behind Min at Punchestown last month.
Mullins said: "I was disappointed with Footpad, but I think he ran too free and the pace was a little bit slow. He did too much in the middle of the race and missing the omitted third-last fence didn't give him a chance to get his breath back.
"I was very pleased with how Real Steel jumped and how he stayed on and he is improving. Voix Du Reve improved from his last run as well.
"I'd imagine the Ryanair Chase is the plan for Real Steel. Paul said he was as straight as a die today and there was no bias (jumping left or right). We were concerned before, but we have to be looking at the Ryanair Chase with that performance.
"Footpad could possibly do the same, but today was not his run. Maybe he had too hard a race in Kempton and it may have impacted on him."
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