Majborough motors to Triumph Hurdle win

Majborough motors to Triumph Hurdle win

Majborough and Mark Walsh with J.P.McManus after winning the JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) for trainer Willie Mullins. Pic: Healy Racing Photo

Fri, 15 Mar, 2024 - 14:29
Nick Robson and Ashley Iveson, PA

Majborough announced himself as a star of the future as he toughed it out to land a Willie Mullins dominated JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Held in the highest regard by the master of Closutton, the juvenile went into plenty of notebooks when an eyecatching third behind Kargese at the Dublin Racing Festival, and it was that duo who fought out the finish at Prestbury Park.

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