Uncle Junior can finally get off mark over fences

UNCLE Junior should get off the mark over fences, at the age of nine, in the Irish Stallion Farms Beginners Chase at Thurles today.

Willie Mullins’ chargdidn’t see a racecourse until he was six, but has won two bumpers and three races over hurdles while always looking likely to make a solid staying chaser.

The Saddler’s Hall gelding has run three times over fences, most recently running Wise Old Owl to a length and quarter at Listowel, form boosted by the subsequent exploits of his conqueror, runner-up, off 130, in a Galway handicap last time.