Overview
- Maintaining his perfect hurdles record, the Willie Mullins-trained novice won the Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors Novice Hurdle by eight lengths under Paul Townend.
- Paddy Power shortened his Albert Bartlett price to 2-1 from 5 immediately after the Leopardstown victory.
- On testing ground on the rescheduled Monday Dublin Racing Festival card, he took control two out, with Kazansky second and Love Me Tender third.
- Mullins highlighted the gelding's toughness and staying power, citing his breeding from a Cyborg mare and his preference for longer trips.
- Townend said the horse is improving quickly and stays strongly, marking him out as a leading staying novice for the spring.