| R3 IRE - CLONMEL | 17 January 2023 |
| Munster Hurdle 5U HDLE ($18,080), 3369m 4:40.80 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 4. GAELIC WARRIOR (GER) 5yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS PAUL TOWNEND | 74.0 $1.07 | |||||||
| MAXIOS (GB) - GAME OF LEGS (FR) | ||||||||||
| MRS S RICCI | 2nd | 1. BLUE SARI (FR) 8yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS L P DEMPSEY | 75.5 $12.00 | ||||||
| SADDEX (GB) - BLUE ASTER (FR) | ||||||||||
| JOHN P MCMANUS | 3rd | 5. MAIDENSTREETPRINCE (IRE) 6yo Gelding | CHARLES BYRNES MR P BYRNES | 71.5 $17.00 | ||||||
| KINGSTON HILL (GB) - NAGAMBIE (IRE) | ||||||||||
| S CLUB SIX SYNDICATE | ||||||||||
| 4th | 6. BRAGANZA (GB) 8yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS MR S F O'KEEFFE | 72.0 $34.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 7. TOPOTHELANE (IRE) 6yo Gelding | J P O'KEEFFE PHILIP ENRIGHT | 71.0 $151.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 2. THE PRIESTS LEAP (IRE) 9yo Gelding | WILLIAM DURKAN K M DONOGHUE | 75.5 $34.00 | |||||||
After running out an 86-length winner on his return, the exciting five-year-old settled for a 15-length drubbing of his rivals in the feature race at Clonmel. He’s 3/1 favourite for next month’s Betfair Hurdle but has a stack of options. Paul Townend told Fran Berry more about him.
