Harrington’s bold-jumping Beachdale finds his vocation

It is rare enough for one to be overly impressed by a National Hunt horse in the summer, but Jessica Harrington’s Beachdale Lad was a rare exception at Kilbeggan last Monday night.

The imposing six-year-old was a useful enough hurdler, rated 122 the last time he ran over flights.

But his two races over fences have already shown that this is most certainly his true vocation and already, you’d imagine, the handicapper would give him a mark way in excess of that achieved as a hurdler.