Ground the key as Wood Breizh sheds maiden tag

Wood Breizh, who had struggled over the winter on bad ground, ran away with the Average Pick 6 Dividend Maiden Hurdle for in-form Paul Townend at Tramore last evening.

“The ground is the key to him”, reported Townend and that was surely utterly accurate, on the basis of this display.

The grey travelled beautifully near the front throughout, jumped into the lead at the penultimate flight and sprinted clear to beat Day Day by seven and a half lengths. Continuing Townend said: “He is getting his jumping together. He was jumping like a chaser, today he was more of a hurdler. I was surprised at how he quickened going to the second last and again to the last.”