Caim makes pleasing comeback, but plans fluid

CAIM HILL, off the track since September, and On The Way Out, ninth in the Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown, dead-heated at the end of a thriller for the Listed Surehaul Mercedes Novice Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

Just how the form will stand up, however, is anybody’s guess. Even accepting that two miles and six, in very testing conditions, took a lot of getting, they literally walked for much of the journey and all five contestants were on the bridle down hill to the turn in.

On The Way Out edged ahead approaching the second last, but got in tight to the final flight and Caim Hill and Brian O’Connell rushed up to share the prize in the dying strides.