Homer Wells gets the nod

WILLIE MULLINS’ Homer Wells gets the nap to make a winning debut over jumps in the Easter Maiden Hurdle at Thurles this afternoon.

The six-year-old, successful in a bumper at Punchestown and a length second to the smart Forty Licks at Navan, was a costly failure at Fairyhouse in late February. Backed from 5-4 to corresponding odds-on, Homer Wells proved no match for springer in the market, Monty Mint, going down by four lengths.

He was, however, conceding him 9lbs and the form has been boosted in the meantime by the victories of third placed My Native Lad and Ballintue Road, who finished sixth.