AN overdue first success over hurdles for the talented Julies Stowaway came the seven-year-old’s way after he came out the right side of a stirring finish to the maiden hurdle over just short of two-and-a-half miles.

A very smart bumper horse and fourth in a top-class staying handicap at the Dublin Racing Festival, the Margaret Mullins-trained Julies Stowaway (6/4) boasted a level of form that would entitle him to take beating in most maiden hurdles at this time of year.