COLONEL Mustard has long been the apple of Lorna Fowler’s eye and, on the countdown to his 11th birthday, he showed bundles of his old enthusiasm to upset 1/3 favourite Sixandahalf in Sligo’s feature Solar Generation Hurdle.

It’s hard to believe, given how many big efforts he’s posted at marquee festivals throughout his career, but this was the four-time Grade 1-placed performer’s first win since a maiden hurdle victory at Galway back in October 2021. He had finished in the prize money on all 20 of his starts in between.