UNLIKE last Saturday at Hazeldene, where there was a class restricted to thoroughbreds, the bluebloods have to take on their sport horse counterparts today at Tullymurry, which is just down the road from Downpatrick, and 10 will be doing so across the grades.

These include the Gilchrist family’s nine-year-old mare Millstream Mahler (Mahler - Millstream Express, by Presenting) who, on 26.5 penalties, won last week’s class. The bay ran unplaced in two bumpers, a maiden hurdle and four point-to-points between early April 2021 and late April 2022, when trained by Hugh Finegan.