Gamble landed in Boodles 'consolation' race

Limerick's opening Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Hurdle today was as a mini-consolation race for Tuesday's Boodles Fred Winter Hurdle at Cheltenham and was won impressively by gambled Your Honor

Today's race was confined to four-year-olds which hadn't won more than one hurdle, meaning ten of 14 Irish-trained Boodles runners were eligible, but in the end Your Honor proved a taking winner.

Backed from 6/1 this morning before returning the heavily-supported 15/8 second-favourite in an eight-runner race, the son of Lawman jumped well and made all under Gavin Brouder, to beat Bringbackmemories by 28 lengths.

Winning trainer James Nash, one-time assistant to champion trainer Willie Mullins, reported “we've had a few juveniles which have won and I thought this lad could be better.

“I ran him the fourth-day over hurdles at Fairyhouse to give him one chance of qualifying for the Boodles (at Cheltenham) but he disappointed on the day. However that race was against older horses and I was saw after the race that it was 20 seconds faster than the four-year-olds-only race.

“We've freshened him up since and while today's ground is horrible and dead ground, he just seems to manage it and jumped super. He was getting weight so the only thing to do was to make the running.

“He could go to Fairyhouse and Punchestown and we're hoping he could be a graded horse.”