Impaire Et Passe can pass Ballymore test

Owner Joe Donnelly congratulates winning jockey Patrick Mullins after Gaillard Du Mesnil won the WellChild National Hunt

Impaire Et Passe has immense potential and can make a successful step into top company by taking the Grade One Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle, the opening race on day two of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival.

Winner of a bumper in his native France, the now five-year-old made his debut in a 21-furlong maiden in December at Naas and came home virtually alone.