William Tell shoots down Thurles rivals under Quirke The David Harry Kelly trained William Tell proved a popular local winner with punters when keeping on best to land the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Hurdle at Thurles. Prominent throughout under Cian Quirke, the 15/2 chance headed leader St Lawrence's Well at the second last flight, before staying on well to win for owner/breeder Otto Daniel Kueres. Heron's Butler came through to press the winner on the run-in but William Tell prevailed by one-and-a-quarter lengths. David Harry Kelly said: "He goes well and point-to-pointing didn't really suit him, although he was unlucky not to win the first day. "He was impressive in Cork, we gave him a break and came back here. On work Nelson Muntz (stablemate, third) is better but the winner is a fair horse who also has a lot of boot and isn't slow. He is a promising horse and will interesting going forwards. "He is a fine big horse so going over fences will be his thing although we'll keep him to hurdling this season if he isn't sold. We'll see what the handicapper does. "Nelson Muntz ran alright but caught further back than he wanted and Sean (Flanagan, jockey) said he was sluggish early on in the race." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes.
