Lovely start over flights for Classic Well-backed favourite Classic Theatre justified her market position with a good performance to take the honours in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle at Listowel. Andrew Lynch chased the leaders on the well-bred hurdling newcomer, and they were third at the halfway stage. Henry de Bromhead's charge improved to lead two out. Classic Theatre then kept on well on the run-in for a two and three parts of a length win from Osco Mosco. Second market choice Poet Power made several slight mistakes and she ended up well held in seventh. "The ground was a worry and Andrew (Lynch) said she wasn't in love with it," said de Bromhead. "She's a very nice mare and is from a good family including Joncol; she'll run next in a Grade 3 novice hurdle at Tipperary in early October." (TW & EM)
