Hey Sunshine lights up Punchestown mares hurdles

Jockey Paul Townend said the Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old is "improving every run".
Hey Sunshine lights up Punchestown mares hurdles

Hey Sunshine and Paul Townend win for owners Temple Bloodstock and trainer Willie Mullins in the Buy Your Punchestown Christmas Gift Mares Novice Hurdle. Picture: Healy Racing

The diminutive Hey Sunshine brought up her hat-trick in fine style when Paul Townend spotted a gap on the inside to run away with the Buy Your Punchestown Christmas Gift Mares Novice Hurdle.

There might not be much of the Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old, but she is improving at a rate of knots.

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