Open Eagle hoping to emulate Faugheen at Novice Hurdle in Limerick

Open Eagle could look to follow in the hoofprints of illustrious stable companion Faugheen by winning the Kirkland Investments Novice Hurdle at Limerick on December 29.

Faugheen was an emphatic winner of the three-mile contest two years ago before going on to win that season’s Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and this year’s Champion Hurdle.

Open Eagle, snapped up by the Supreme Horse Racing Club and sent to Willie Mullins after a demolition job in last year’s November Handicap at Doncaster for David O’Meara, disappointed on his hurdling debut at Punchestown in February, but righted that wrong on his seasonal reappearance at Fairyhouse last month.