Spindleberry and Paul Townend win in style© Photo Healy Racing
Willie Mullins made it three on the day at Fairyhouse when Spindleberry ran out an impressive winner of the mares maiden hurdle.
The Policy Maker mare was making her second outing for the champion trainer having been third in a point-to-point bumper at Tipperary last May.
She tracked leader True Testimony in the two-mile-three contest before coming to challenge her two from home.
Paul Townend sent his mount on before the last and despite a slight error there she stayed on powerfully on the run-in to post a comprehensive nine-length win.
Townend said:- “She was fresh, we were hacking early and she was doing plenty.
“She jumped super the whole way around, probably a bit too well early on which was getting me competitive without wanting to be.
“Coming off a break that will knock the freshness out of her and she showed a very willing attitude to stay going after being as keen as she was for the first mile of the race.
“She’s lightly raced too and only had one run in a bumper so I think she’ll improve away.”
The winner's stablemate Jolie Coeur Allen went to post 9/4 favourite but failed to pick up after the second last and finished third.
(Quotes by Alan Magee)
