Freedom a high-class recruit to jumping

STEPS To Freedom, a particularly high-class recruit to jumping, has to be fancied to take the Europe V America Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

He has some cracking runs on the flat to his credit, including a latest effort when beaten about two and a half lengths into fourth in the Listed event won by Zanughan at Galway.

This is a gentle introduction for Jessica Harrington’s five-year-old, who will surely go off at cramped odds.