40-1 hurrah for Henry

HENRY de Bromhead continued his terrific start to the season when saddling 40-1 shot Case Jove, almost 190-1 on the tote, to land the Cashel Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

He was a difficult horse to fancy, having failed to trouble the judge in two outings in point-to-points and then finishing 13th of 14 to Viaduct Joey on his racecourse debut at Listowel.

But Andrew Lynch popped him away in front and the Classic Cliché gelding found plenty from the back of the last to hold the flattering Mississippi River by a neck.