Blue Waters off the mark over hurdles at Listowel The Gordon Elliott trained Blue Waters made a wining start to life over jumps when easily landing the opening John Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle at Listowel. Successful in a Ballinrobe bumper in August, the daughter of Blue Bresil returned to that same track to finish second in a winners' race earlier this month. Making her first start over flights here, the easy to back 3/1 chance (from 9/4) was always in a prominent position under Jack Kennedy. Going second before the home straight, Blue Waters came through to head Louiescall at the penultimate hurdle. Asserting on the run to the last, the filly stretched clear on the run-in to win by eight-and-a-half lengths from the latter named. Jack Kennedy reported: "She is a lovely well bred filly and while she doesn't show you a whole pile at home, she is a different horse when she gets to the track. She made a few novicey little mistakes today but did it well. "She will brush up on her jumping but was nonetheless quickly away from her obstacles and hopefully it will be onwards and upwards." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes.
