No worries for long odds-on Supersundae

Victory in the Supermac's Maiden Hurdle looked to be on a plate for Willie Mullins' Supreme Novices' Hurdle seventh Supersundae and so it proved as the 1/6 favourite made all to score easily in the hands of Kieran Callaghan.

The Authorized gelding was pursued throughout by Kilkee Bay and readily pulled away from that one after the last for a ten lengths success in the colours of the Roaringwater Syndicate.

Winning rider Kiran Callaghan said: "He was plenty keen everywhere but I suppose he was dropping in class a lot today so it's not a surprise that he was, and he was up in trip as well. When I gave him a squeeze at the back of the last he was away and gone. I was very impressed with him and I was a long way pulling him up.

"He was only beaten ten lengths at Cheltenham and he probably lost a couple of lengths at the second-last at a crucial time, he kind of dragged his back legs through it. If he turned up in any kind of form like that today, he was going to do that.

"These races are important for claiming riders and it's a great help to grab a horse like that off Paul (Townend) in a maiden!"