- Gowran Park fromthehorsesmouth.info 9-1 treble
By Andrew Atkinson
Gordon Elliott trained Teahupoo tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info is heading for the Unibet Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on the back of winning the Red Mills Trial Hurdle Grade 3 at Gowran Park.
Five-year-old Teahupoo gained an impressive 11 lengths win with Robbie Power up, ahead of Joseph O’Brien trained Darasso, with Henry de Bromhead trained Quilixios, third.
Teahupoo was cut to 10-1 from 16-1 for the Champion Hurdle and Elliott, said: “Robbie says he hated the ground – but he was able to pick up on the better ground in the straight.
“He said that he sprinted in the straight and I thought it was a good performance.
“We said we would come here today and see where we were and we will definitely go for the Champion Hurdle now.
“He’s a very deceiving horse – he doesn’t do much at home – and is very laid back. But I would say he is not a bad horse.”
*Teahupoo (13-8), Melon (2-5) and Blue Sari (6-4) returned a fromthehorsesmouth.info 9-1 treble.
