McKinley finds more to shock odds on stable companion

McKinley tore up the script as he floored his Willie Mullins-trained stablemate Tell Us More to cause a big upset in the Lawlor’s Hotel Novice Hurdle at Naas yesterday.

Pulled up in the Grade One Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown just a week earlier, the 33-1 shot collared long-time leader Tell Us More, the 4-5 favourite, on the run-in to get home by three-quarters of a length under Paul Townend.

The first two carried the colours of Gigginstown House stud, while JP McManus’ Free Expression, who, like Tell Us More, was losing his 100 per cent record, was third in the first Grade One ever staged at Naas.