Death Duty returns at Tipperary Death Duty embarks on a chasing career at Tipperary on Tuesday. Gordon Elliott holds his six-year-old in such high regard and he lived up to the hype in the first part of last season, winning four in a row, culminating in Grade One glory at Naas in January. He went to Cheltenham as a warm order for the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle but was beaten when getting rid of Bryan Cooper at the last, and he could then manage only third at the Punchestown Festival. Elliott has just been biding his time before sending him over fences, though, and he starts off in the www.tipperaryraces.ie Beginners Chase. It is far from a penalty kick, with Willie Mullins choosing this two-mile-seven-furlong contest as the starting point for Cap D'Aubois' initial chasing campaign, and he was rated as high as 140 over timber. Elliott unleashes another exciting prospect for Gigginstown House Stud when Roaring Bull returns in the Join The Tipperary Supporter's Club 2018 (C & G) Maiden Hurdle. The son of Milan sprung a 25-1 surprise on his introduction in a bumper at the Punchestown Festival and is made to go jumping. JP McManus will have his colours carried by two of the four runners in the Schooling At Tipperary Rated Novice Chase. Niall Madden's Coffee and the Joseph O'Brien-trained Marchese Marconi represent the leading owner against recent Listowel scorer Miss Eyecatcher and Jack The Wire. Crocodile Dundee also struck at the Harvest Festival and reverts to the larger obstacles for the Tipperary Handicap Chase. The action gets under way with the Follow Tipperary Races On Facebook Mares Maiden Hurdle, in which Creation, also in the Gigginstown silks, reappears for Henry de Bromhead. The Rap Queen and Be My Vinnie made the frame in separate races at Ballinrobe recently and lock horns in the Follow Tipperary Races On Twitter Handicap Hurdle.
