Home By The Lee takes Christmas crown at Leopardstown
Home By The Lee ridden by jockey JJ Slevin (red silks) on their way to winning the Jack de Bromhead Christmas Hurdle. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire.
Home By The Lee proved his surprise victory at Navan last month was no fluke with a battling success in the Jack de Bromhead Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown.
Joseph O'Brien's charge was a widely unconsidered 28-1 shot for the Grade Two Lismullen Hurdle in mid-November, but knuckled down to see off the strong-travelling Bob Olinger, with Ashdale Bob and dual Stayers' Hurdle hero Flooring Porter back in third and fourth.
