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Fri 04 Apr 2007Macs Joy to end season in styleMacs Joy can bring the curtain down in style on the Punchestown Festival, and the 2006-'07 jumps season in Ireland, when he bids to win back-to-back renewals of this afternoon's ACC Bank Champion Hurdle.It's 12 months since the Jessica Harrington-trained star enjoyed the finest moment of an already glittering career when comprehensively routing his old rivals Brave Inca and Hardy Eustace in this race.