Dublin Racing Festival: Gordon Elliott relieved to net a winner with Quilixios

The greyhound and horse racing worlds overlapped as Paul Hennessy, better known for his successes at the top level with his greyhounds, took the Paddy Mullins Mares’ Handicap Hurdle

Quilixios and Jack Kennedy jump the last to win the Grade 1 Tattersalls Ireland Spring Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown. Picture: Healy Racing

Day one of the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown never quite got off the ground for Gordon Elliott, but Quilixios injected some life into the weekend with a fine display in the Grade 1 Tattersalls Ireland Spring Juvenile Hurdle, the first of Sunday's feature races.

Relief was the overriding emotion for the winning trainer after the imposing juvenile cruised past Saint Sam in the straight and on to a clear-cut success.