Obeaux could begin over fences at Tipp Alpha Des Obeaux, runner-up to Thistlecrack in the Ryanair World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, could make his debut over fences at Tipperary on Sunday. The six-year-old is the only one of the eight entries for the Like A Butterfly Novice Chase not to have jumped a fence in public yet. His trainer Mouse Morris also has Baily Cloud while two other handlers are doubly represented in the Grade Three contest over two and a half miles. They are Henry de Bromhead with Deans Road and Full Cry and Gordon Elliott, who has Tiger Roll and Tocororo. The Willie Mullins-trained Westerner Lady, winner of her only two starts over the bigger obstacles, and Sandymount Duke from the Jessica Harrington stable complete the octet.
