Bellshill Is Star Attraction At Limerick Bellshill is one of six horses declared for the Shannon Airport Novice Chase at Limerick on St. Stephen's Day. A former winner of the Champion Bumper at the Punchestown Festival and a dual Grade One winner over hurdles last season, the Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old made a fine start to his career over fences with a bloodless victory in the fog at Gowran Park last month. He steps up to Grade Two level on St Stephen's Day for a race the champion trainer has won with Sir Des Champs (2011), The Paparrazi Kid (2013) and Outlander (2015) in recent years. Mullins also saddles Haymount, who was rated much lower than Bellshill over hurdles but beat subsequent Grade One winner Coney Island on his fencing debut at Punchestown last month. Attribution is a leading contender for Henry de Bromhead after accounting for the Mullins-trained Briar Hill in a Grade Three at Navan a couple of weeks ago. Gordon Elliott's Diamond King made a big impression on his chasing bow at Galway, but needs to bounce back from a disappointing run in the Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse. The Mouse Morris-trained Nambour and Liam Cusack's outsider Who's That complete the line-up.
