Teahupoo holds out to win Grade One Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse

Elliott and Kennedy got up and running for the day when Mange Tout extended the perfect start to his career with victory in the Grade Three Juvenile Hurdle.

WINNER: Teahupoo and Jack Kennedy win for trainer Gordon Elliott and groom Erica Peciulyte. Picture: Healy Racing

Teahupoo is three times a Grade One Bar 1 Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle winner, but the winning post came just in time for the gelding to complete his hat-trick and a four-timer on the day for Gordon Elliott and Jack Kennedy.

Perfectly positioned throughout as stablemate Casheldale Lad made the pace, he traded short from an early stage as chief market rival Ballyburn, who was returning to hurdling after a season chasing, all but ate grass for much of the trip, making life difficult for his rider.