National hope Hedgehunter cuts down rivals

THE compiler of weights will hardly have slept soundly last night, after Hedgehunter made a mockery of the handicap in yesterday’s Thyestes ’Chase at Gowran Park.

In truth this was a one horse race, literally from start to finish, as Willie Mullins’ gelding won in an absolute canter.

Carrying the colours of well-known owner, Trevor Hemmings, Hedgehunter is certain to be the recipient of a large rise in the weights on his way to a tilt at the Grand National at Aintree.