A million reasons for Clondaw to head to Dubai

Connections of Clondaw Warrior have a million in mind for the nine-year-old, which won for the 12th time in his career when accounting for six rivals in the featured Jim Strang & Sons Kilsheelan (Peugeot) Hurdle yesterday afternoon at Clonmel.

Trying three miles for the first time, the Galway Hurdle winner was ridden in third place, some eight lengths off the pace being set by Val De Ferbet and Taglietelle.

However, Ruby Walsh, whose wife Gillian is a member of the Act D Wagg Syndicate which owns the horse, was always confident aboard the odds-on favourite and, after easing upsides Val De Ferbet between the last two hurdles, strode away for a smooth victory.