Laurina stars in Fairyhouse entry Laurina is the star name among 14 possible runners in Sunday's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final at Fairyhouse. The five-year-old was a brilliant winner of the Trull House Stud Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham and will undoubtedly be a warm order if stepping up to Grade One level this weekend. A six-strong Willie Mullins team also includes Salsaretta, while Gordon Elliott looks set to rely on recent Grade Three victor Lackaneen Leader. Dan Skelton's Momella and Emma Lavelle's Woolstone One are potential British challengers. A strong card also features the Ryanair Gold Cup and the Grade Two Easter Festival Novice Hurdle. Getabird could bid to bounce back from a disappointing Supreme Novices' Hurdle run in the latter, and Mullins has also entered Ballymore Novices' Hurdle third Next Destination, among several others. Elliott is well represented too, with his entry including Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle victor Blow By Blow.
