Ruby Walsh will ride Kauto Star while Turpin Green will be another contender.

BBC: McCoy boosts Down Royal meeting

Ruby Walsh kicked for home on Fionnegas round the final bend but O'Connell was motionless as he drew alongside and cruised home to win by two and a half lengths.

BBC: Alain Cawley rides Joncol to win the Hennessy Gold Cup

Earlier in the afternoon another veteran jockey, Ruby Walsh, suffered a fall in the Aintree Hurdle, ruling him out of the Grand National, where he had been due to ride On My Own.

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