Timeless Treaty can edge out Open Secret in Thurles tussle 

Timeless Treaty and Jack Kennedy win the Thurles Rated Novice Hurdle. Pic: Healy Racing.

The Grade Three BOYLE Sports Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle, the feature race at Thurles on Thursday, has attracted a field of just four runners, two of whom are trained by Gordon Elliott.

And the stablemates look likely to fight out the finish with Timeless Treaty narrowly preferred to Open Secret.