Bargain-buy Skyace claimed Grade One glory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final at Fairyhouse. Despite placing in three bumpers for Willie Mullins, the six-year-old changed hands for just £600 in November 2019 and has proved an extremely shrewd acquisition by trainer Shark Hanlon. Following wins at Grade Three and Listed level, the six-year-old finished fourth in the Mares' Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival last month - and was a 4-1 joint-favourite for her latest big-race assignment. Andrew Nelis Nelis
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