THERE can’t be too many horses that have come from the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle to have their next start at Kilbeggan but that was the case with Berkshire Royal who landed the Mullingar Novice Hurdle in good style, albeit after a lay-off of 430 days.

The son of Sir Percy has been very lightly-raced since winning three times on the flat for Andrew Balding in 2018, and Willie Mullins made the bold move of a first start over hurdles at Cheltenham in March last year when soundly beaten behind Shishkin.