Unexcepted shines on chasing bow at Tipperary

Amateur jockey Jack Foley rode his first track winner

Unexcepted and Mark Walsh jump the last en route to victory. Picture: Healy Racing

The Willie Mullins-trained Unexcepted, a half-brother to Grade One-winning novice chaser Great Field, made a deeply impressive start to his chasing career when taking the Cashel Beginners’ Chase at Tipperary.

Sent off in front along with odds-on favourite Captain Guinness, he threw in some prodigious leaps along the way and was in front when the market leader made a very bad mistake at the fifth fence.