Racing: Mansony hung on after the last to deny Nickname back-to-back victories in the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at the Leopardstown Christmas festival.
Arthur Moore's eight-year-old was no match for The Listener last time over two and a half miles but dropped back to the minimum distance and showed his class.
Nickname, running on ground that was quicker than ideal, was outpaced down the back straight and put in some sticky jumps on his first outing since March.
But Martin Brassil's charge stayed on dourly after the last and only went down by a length to the 2-1 joint-market-leader.
Central House adopted his usual position at the head of affairs but Mansony was never far behind.
With Nickname niggled along at the rear, Moore's gelding made an early bid for home - with Schindlers Hunt also on the premises.
But despite a tired leap at the last, Davy Russell's mount had enough in reserve to hold off the staying-on Nickname.
The winner was cut to 16-1 from 20s by for the Queen Mother Champion Chase, with Nickname out to 16-1 from 14s.
Moore said: "Davy gave him a great ride and the horse put up a lovely performance.
"He was foot-perfect but was a bit lazy in front and ran down the final fence - but I wouldn't read too much into that.
"He is better going right-handed but he can go left-handed, and he will be even better in a better race.
"We will go to Ascot now and we'll look forward to taking on Twist Magic. The track will suit and tell us where we stand for the Queen Mother."
Brassil was far from despondent with Nickname's second-placed finish and said: "We had to get him out somewhere and I was delighted with his run.
"The ground was safe but we all know he handles really testing ground better than most. The Newlands Chase or the Victor Chandler will be next — it all depends on the ground."
Whatuthink caused a big upset when winning the paddypower.com Future Champions Novice Hurdle at 20-1.
Conor O'Dwyer's mount, trained by Oliver McKiernan, made every yard of the running and was too strong for Forpadydeplasterer and disappointing even-money favourite Cork All Star, who was third.
Despite his big price, Whatuthink showed plenty of stamina at the business end to land the often-informative Grade Two pot by a length and a half.