Felix Yonger up for the Cup

Flemenstar's fitness counted against him on his Navan comeback as he was no match for Felix Yonger in the Grade Two Webster Cup Chase.

Tony Martin's three-times Grade One winner was having his first start for 503 days and made most of the running in the hands of Keith Donoghue.

He still held a slight advantage after the third-last fence, but the tank emptied as the race-fit Felix Yonger took control as Flemenstar faded out of the equation.

Felix Yonger, trained by Willie Mullins and ridden by Ruby Walsh, made a bit of a hash of the final fence, but the 11-10 favourite still had three and three-quarters of a length in hand of Argocat at the line.

Martin said: "He jumped great and it was only from the second-last that he got very tired.

"Flemenstar gave him (Donoghue) a great ride until two out and hopefully he's all right in the morning."

Felix Yonger could now run at the Punchestown Festival.

Mullins said: "I was very happy to see him going on that ground.

"It was very sticky heavy ground and I didn't think he'd go on it.

"The fact that he's won over two and a half miles on that means we could open up in trip more on better ground.

"I'm not sure where he'll go next but he'll get an entry for the Champion Chase at Punchestown.

"He's improving."