Smart hurdler Workahead wins well on chasing debut Champion Hurdle also-ran Workahead (11/8f) scored smartly on his fences debut today, landing Wexford’s T.C. Cullen Memorial Novice Chase for jockey Darragh O’Keeffe, owner Barry Maloney and trainer Henry De Bromhead. Runner-up in the Red Mills Trial Hurdle at Gowran in February, the eight-year-old was no match for Lossiemouth at Cheltenham in March but today readily accounted for 140-rated and more experienced Supersundae, scoring by 7.5 lengths. De Bromhead reported “I’m delighted with that and I hoped he might do that. He’s a class horse and it’s lovely to see him back to form. He was really attacking his fences and when Darragh’s on board, they generally don’t have an option! He said he jumped brilliantly and Darragh was brilliant on him. It’s lovely for the Moloneys. “We wanted to just see how he’d take to fences, obviously we’re delighted with that and now we can go home and make a plan. “There is a race in Roscommon so whether we have one go at that or not I don’t know. You’d like to get a break into him as well but we might go once more. We’ll see what everyone wants to do.” Quotes from Gary Carson
