Bellshill out to prove Neptune credentials

Bellshill bids to throw down the gauntlet to Yanworth in today’s Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown.

The Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old has won each of his three starts over hurdles so far this season, completing his hat-trick in Grade One company at Naas last month.

Mullins has already confirmed the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle as his likely target at the Cheltenham Festival, a race for which he is currently second-favourite behind Alan King’s Yanworth, who blew his rivals away at Prestbury Park last weekend.