NO IRISH RACING UNTIL WEDNESDAY: Navan stage the first meeting of the week. SHAMROCK looks back to Sunday and the performance of Our Conor at Naas.
We got some early Champion Hurdle clues yesterday. The New One looked impressive when winning at Kempton and beating former champion Rock On Ruby comprehensively in a race billed as a match but ended up as being incredibly one-sided.
Meanwhile at Naas Champion Hurdle hope Our Conor finished a creditable fourth in the Woodlands 100 Club October Handicap.
The four-year-old was keen in the early stages of the mile-and-a-half contest and then got stuck behind a wall of horses in the straight.
Once he got in the clear under Danny Mullins, Our Conor could only stay on at the one pace, but was far from disgraced.
Joanna Morgan’s Ancient Sands, ridden by top apprentice Connor King, held off the late thrust of Stony Grey by a head, with Tri Na Ceile back in third.
Hughes said of Our Conor: “I’m delighted. He travelled well and he ran well. The others have been running all year whereas that’s his first run. He’d be 90% fit.”
When asked if Our Conor would next run in the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown, Hughes said: “Definitely.”
Our Conor’s jockey Danny Mullins told www.irishracing.com: “I’m very happy with that. He was a little bit fresh in places and got a little bit tired.
“You don’t want a Champion Hurdle horse ready now. He should improve and be alright for the season ahead. Everything went to plan.”
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