CITY HITS TARGET

MARK WALSH added to his Champion Hurdle victory with

“Things are going well,” said Walsh, who partnered Espoir D’allen to capture Tuesday’s feature race.

“Hopefully I can bag a few more winners before the week’s out.”

The 8-1 chance, a first Cheltenham Festival success for Co Kildarebased Martin Brassil, overcame scrimmaging after the third-last flight to beat 9-2 shot Champ by two lengths.

“This is the Olympics of National Hunt racing,” said Brassil, who saddled Numbersixvalverde to National glory in 2006.