Boston Bob has won this year's Punchestown Gold Cup.

The 5/2 favourite produced a superb finish to help trainer Willie Mullins to take the honours in today's Grade 1 feature.

The 9-year-old appeared to have dropped out of contention after a mistake over the second last, but jockey Ruby Walsh recovered to steer his mount past the front-running First Lieutenant in the battle for the line.

The first of today's Grade One races was the Irish Daily Mirror Novice Hurdle, which saw Beat That secure another big winner for English trainer Nicky Henderson.