Wells denies Kiln in thriller

HOMER WELLS made an amazing recovery after nearly being brought down to claim the Grade Two Woodlands Park 100 Slaney Novice Hurdle at Naas yesterday.

The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old, sent off at 5-2, was badly hampered when Wishwillow Lord fell on the second circuit and it took all of jockey Ruby Walsh’s skill to keep him on his feet.

That mishap left him some 18 lengths or more adrift of the front-running leader Sweet Kiln but Walsh conjured a magnificent rally from Homer Wells and he was back in contention at the second-last.