Love Bite stings punters with 40/1 victory Having been pulled up on her previous start at Listowel, Love Bite sprang a 40/1 surprise in the 0-100 2m7f handicap hurdle at Tipperary. Fitted with cheekpieces for the first time, Aidan Kelly's mount came from off the pace to lead two out and stayed on well to beat County Champs by a length and three-quarters.  The winner, a sister to Grade 1 winner Beat That and a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Might Bite, started her career with their trainer Nicky Henderson.  Derek O’Connor, husband of the winning owner Carol O'Connor and brother-in-law of trainer Grainne O'Connor, said: “Her breeding is exceptional. She’ll continue to race but she’ll obviously be for covering in the springtime. “It’s very important to get a bracket with those nice, well-bred fillies. “She had won a point-to-point and Grainne has done a wonderful job of handling her. She had a very workable mark here today. “She stays well and she’ll jump a fence, she’s a miller over a fence. I can see her doing something similar over fences. “She’s in such good form I’d say we’ll go over fences sooner rather than later.” Additional reporting by  Gary Carson
