Skylight Hustle was a rather fortunate winner of the Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown after Talk The Talk fell at the final flight. Gordon Elliott's Skylight Hustle had himself moved stylishly into contention, but he looked booked for second when Joseph O'Brien's Talk The Talk quickened impressively and was half a length up jumping the last. Just as Sam Ewing was poised to be beneficiary of two Grade Ones on the card stepping in for the concussed J J Slevin, Talk The Talk landed too steeply and was unable to keep his balance, handing the race to the 3-1 favourite by five lengths from Carrigmoornaspruce. "Jack said when he came in 'I can't guarantee I would have won but I definitely wasn't beat'. "It happened to us yesterday (when El Cairos fell when in front at the last) but that's why it's called jump racing.

Source: Irish Examiner December 28, 2025 04:14 UTC