Bill can leave below par efforts behind

FOR BILL can leave two relatively disappointing recent efforts behind by landing the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Mares Beginners Chase at Thurles this afternoon.

Hugely progressive last season, the daughter of Presenting rounded off a terrific campaign with a decisive eight lengths defeat of the high-class Morning Supreme in a Grade 3 hurdle at Fairyhouse in April.

But things have not worked out so far this season for the six-year-old. She had her first outing over fences, surely her true calling, in another Grade 3 at Clonmel in November.