Ballyburn given Gallagher Festival target by Mullins
FESTIVAL CONTENDER: Ballyburn and Paul Townend, right, en route to winning the Grade One Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown last month. Picture: Healy Racing
Willie Mullins has confirmed the newly-named Gallagher Novices' Hurdle as Ballyburn's Cheltenham Festival target, with Mystical Power and Tullyhill both bound for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle.
Beaten by Firefox on his hurdling debut at Fairyhouse in December, Ballyburn subsequently bolted up over two and a half miles at Leopardstown before successfully reverting to two miles to strike Grade One gold at last month's Dublin Racing Festival.
