Speaking at Clonmel on Thursday, Elliott said: “I was delighted with her and looking at Shane McCann riding her out this morning he was at the pin of his collar to hold her. We came in for a cup of tea and I said ‘are you happy with her’ and he said ‘she’s improved no end’. Elliott has a third string to his bow in Casheldale Lad, with Kerry Lee’s potential British raider Nemean Lion completing the list. The first of four Grade Ones on the card is the Ladbrokes Novice Chase, a two-mile-furlong contest which features Mullins’ star novice Final Demand, Elliott’s Romeo Coolio and Henry de Bromhead’s exciting mare The Big Westerner. “Ballyfad doesn’t show a thing at home and he keeps winning, so I’d say he’s a very good horse,” Elliott added.

Source: The Herald January 08, 2026 19:24 UTC