Sweet My Lord poised to recoup losses

SWEET MY LORD should help fund punters’ Easter weekend by landing the opening Buttevant Maiden Hurdle at Cork.

Winner of his only start in France, a three-year-old bumper in Nantes, last October, the Willie Mullins-trained gelding must be strongly fancied to recoup losses incurred on his Irish debut at Naas last month.

Sent off 6/4 favourite for a twenty-five runner maiden hurdle and ridden by Ruby Walsh, Sweet My Lord came from well off the pace to go second but looked unlikely to threaten Some Slam when crashing at the final flight.