Velvet Elvis on song again at Thurles

Brex Drago and Jonathan Moore were okay after parting company at the last in the Racing Again February 25th Handicap Chase. Picture: Healy Racing

Velvet Elvis backed up his Cork maiden hurdle success with a fine victory in the Horse & Jockey Hotel Rated Novice Hurdle at Thurles.

Stepping back from three miles to two and a half, Darragh O’Keeffe chose rightly to be prominent aboard Tom Gibney’s five-year-old and he impressed with how he stretched on when challenged two out. A mistake at the last wasn’t enough to halt his momentum as he crossed the line three and a half lengths clear of Capilano Bridge.