Stablestar Moon rises to the top for Barry Zambezi Moon took full advantage of the misfortune of odds-on favourite Doctor Elvis to land the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle at Thurles. The Dave Barry-trained gelding headed Doctor Elvis just after two out, but it soon became apparent that all was not well with the 8/13 favourite who lost his action and was pulled up and dismounted by Jack Kennedy on the run-in. Zambezi Moon, an easy-to-back 5/2 second favourite, kept on well under JJ Slevin to beat The Goose’s Acre by four and a quarter lengths with Pacy Macie a further nine and a half lengths back in third. Barry said, “We were kind of hoping he'd improved from Listowel. It was a race that wasn't full of depth, and we’re delighted to get the win. “We'll probably look for a low-grade kind of 120 novice hurdle or something like that. He's a nice horse without being a graded horse or anything like that. “He's the best one that we have, and we're delighted to have him. He wants good ground, so if he goes anywhere after this, he'll go to Leopardstown at Christmas. Other than that, we might leave him off until the spring.” Quotes by John O'Riordan
