Relieved Of Duties makes winning chase debut The 2/1 favourite Relieved Of Duties made a winning debut over fences in the opening Protection & Prosperity Financial Services Supporting Louth GAA Beginners Chase at Fairyhouse. Trained for Robcour by Gordon Elliott, the Sholokhov gelding won a point-to-point for Denis Murphy and was successful in a maiden hurdle at Cork last year. Here, he tracked the front-running Full Of Life from halfway and went on after the second-last to beat that rival by a length and a half. Winning rider Jack Kennedy said: “He jumped great. He probably only did what he had to in front. We’re happy with him and it was a nice start over fences. “He’s a nice horse and hopefully a fence will bring out more improvement in him.” Additional reporting by Gary Carson
