Brave Inca, trained by Colm Murphy and ridden by Barry Cash, won the opening Letheby & Christopher Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham this afternoon.
The Irish raider, a 7-2 favourite, held off another Irish hopeful, War of Attrition, in a brilliant finish to the opening race of today's racing at the Festival.
Fleet Street came in a distant third, at 20-1.