Cause Of Causes edges thriller

Cause Of Causes, winner of the valuable Ladbroke in Ascot before Christmas, followed-up when getting the better of Midnight Games in a fascinating battle for the three-runner Follow Navan On Facebook Hurdle in Navan yesterday.

Davy Russell dictated a steady pace on the odds-on favourite Midnight Game, tracked all the way by Davy Condon on the winner. Cause Of Causes was poised to challenge when making a mistake at the third last and, from that point, Russell appeared to be the happier of the two riders as Condon worked hard to challenge at the last on the eventual winner.

On the run-in, Cause Of Causes dug deep and forced his head in front in the dying strides to triumph by a short-head, the pair finishing twenty-three lengths clear of Hisaabaat.