Clonmel report: Perfect Attitude survives early scare to help Gordon Elliott to treble

Perfect Attitude and Davy Russell jump the last to win the Kilmore Maiden Hurdle. Picture: Healy Racing

Gordon Elliott topped the bill with a treble at Clonmel, and it was the performance of the well-backed Perfect Attitude winning the Kilmore Maiden Hurdle which caught the eye.

The mount of Davy Russell, he was badly hampered by one of his rivals, The Mpex Kid, jumping to its left at the third hurdle. Russell was all but knocked out of the saddle, but the wily campaigner put his hand on that rival’s rump and pushed himself back into the saddle.