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Penhill stars at Limerick
- Updated: December 29, 2016
Penhill got back on the winning trail and starred in a Limerick treble for Willie Mullins with an impressive victory in the Guinness Novice Hurdle.
The smart Flat performer won four of his first five starts over obstacles for the champion trainer before finishing fourth behind stable companion Airlie Beach in the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse.
Stepped up from two to three miles for this Grade Two assignment, Penhill was a 3/1 shot under Paul Townend, who was content to bide his time.
Fellow Mullins inmate Livelovelaugh took the five-strong field along for much of the journey, but his stable-companion loomed up ominously in the home straight and came home with seven lengths in hand.
Call The Taxie comfortably beat a tiring Livelovelaugh to the runner-up spot. Noel Meade’s even-money favourite Rathnure Rebel was bitterly disappointing.
Townend said: “I thought we went a good gallop and he jumped okay, but I suppose the step up to three miles helped him. It helps him sort himself out, but he still galloped into one or two (hurdles).
“There was a question mark whether he’d get the trip coming here, but he got it well and I don’t think we hung …
