It’s Bobsled Time ran out a shock 250/1 winner of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle at Naas on Monday.

The three-year-old had been beaten 50 and 61 lengths respectively in two previous starts and given his trainer Richard Morrissey had not saddled a winner under rules in over 12 years, with few runners since then, it was no surprise he went off at three-figure odds.

However, after being settled off the pace by 7lb claimer Michael Kenneally, the son of Telescope – who is owned by the Cool Runnings Syndicate – began to make headway early in the home straight and finished off well to score by two and a quarter lengths from Ritz Plan.

The winning rider said: “He didn’t have a huge amount of form coming into it, but Richie is a shrewd man and is probably better known for point-to-pointers than anything else.

“They went good and hard early and on that ground they were always going to stop. I was happy to creep away, and he was gutsy and game.”