Final Demand lays down Cheltenham marker with commanding Limerick Grade One win

Final Demand was the third leg of a treble for the champion trainer, who had earlier bagged the two maiden hurdles on the card, with King Rasko Grey and You Proof, both ridden by Danny Mullins.

MARKER LAID DOWN: Final Demand & Paddy Mullins win the Grade 1 Faugheen Novice Steeplechase. Picture: HEALY RACING

Long odds-on favourite Final Demand produced an impressive front-running performance to land the Grade 1 Guinness 0.0.Faugheen Novice Chase in Limerick for Willie and Patrick Mullins.

Sent off at 1/3, the six-year-old, now a very skinny price for the ‘Brown Advisory’ at Cheltenham, produced a near flawless display of jumping, although he got a bit close to the finale fence, and won readily by eight lengths from stable-companion Gold Dancer.