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<br>Published<br><br><br>27 December 2025<br><br><br>Trainer Gordon Elliott claimed 2 Grade One wins as part of a four-timer on the 2nd day of the Christmas Festival at Leopardstown on Saturday, with jockey Sam Ewing also winning 2 of the major races.<br><br><br>Elliott-trained Favori De [https://wiki.botzone.org.cn/index.php?title=%E7%94%A8%E6%88%B7:BettinaKeane32 Champdou fought] back under Ewing to [https://wikibase.semantic-kompakkt.de/wiki/User:ScotFisk025407 beat stablemate] Search for Glory to win the Paddy Power Chase after [https://wiki.awkshare.com/index.php?title=User:HilarioThreatt Skylight Hustle] had previously won the Novices Hurdle for Elliott, with Jack Kennedy the triumphant jockey on that occasion.<br><br><br>Solness, ridden by Ewing, took [https://m1bar.com/user/BenjaminGiles86/ success] for trainer Joseph [https://www.wiki.somosphm.net/index.php/User:TracieRiddell43 O'Brien] in the Club Chase [https://wavedream.wiki/index.php/User:AlbaHernsheim6 Steeplechase] in the other Grade One race of the day over the Irish course.<br><br><br>Solness (8-1) repeated his victory of 12 months earlier in the very same race as he edged out  (2-1) by half a length.<br> <br><br>The two horses were included in an exhilarating four-way battle at the front as they jumped the final fence, with Ewing's install proving an effective frontrunner for [https://www.garagesale.es/author/shellimolin/ trainer O'Brien].<br><br><br>Having his first race of the season, [https://wiki.awkshare.com/index.php?title=User:KassieF651672 Barry Connell-trained] Marine Nationale conquered the problem of [https://bioremediate.net/index.php/User:TanishaLyle94 striking] the 3rd of the 11 fences, with jockey Sean [https://www.adpost4u.com/user/profile/4370044 Flanagan succeeding] to stay in the saddle and then get his horse into contention on the [http://swwwwiki.coresv.net/index.php?title=%E5%88%A9%E7%94%A8%E8%80%85:Johnathan84S encounter].<br><br><br>"He's hard as nails and he enjoys racing at Leopardstown," winning trainer [http://topsite.otaku-attitude.net/index.php?a=stats&u=beatrisframe O'Brien] told RTE after the race.<br><br><br>[http://topsite.otaku-attitude.net/index.php?a=stats&u=lettiebullard9 Pre-race favourite] Majborough (6-4) ended up third.<br><br><br>Meanwhile Skylight Hustle took complete advantage after Talk The Talk fell at the final fence to clinch a success in the two-mile Novices Hurdle, the [https://wiki.educationjustice.net/wiki/User:Stepanie9679 fallen horse] having actually landed too steeply and unable to keep his balance.<br><br><br>[https://wiki.chimericalintelligence.org/index.php/User:ZitaHarms378 Kennedy] had actually moved the eventual winner stylishly into contention but his mount looked reserved for second when Joseph O'Brien's challenger sped up impressively to lead by half a length going to the last.<br><br><br>Ewing, who [https://wikibase.semantic-kompakkt.de/wiki/User:RosalindaFrahm stepped] in for the concussed JJ Slevin was on board Talk The Talk, so might have been in line for an impressive three Grade One [https://wiki.chimericalintelligence.org/index.php/User:IECClark827 victories] in a day, having ridden Favori De Champou and Solness to victory.<br><br><br>Skylight Hustle, the 3-1 preferred, came home with 5 lengths to spare over Carrigmoornaspruce (12-1), with Love Me Tender (4-1) in third.<br><br><br>"The horse took a trip like a dream the entire method and leapt like a buck," Elliott told RTE after watching his horse Skylight Hustle pass the [http://topsite.otaku-attitude.net/index.php?a=stats&u=raleighq49 winning] post.<br><br><br>"I believed taking a look at it live that we were beat, but when I took a look at the re-run, I wasn't sure [with] the way my lad galloped from the last to the line.<br> <br><br>"Jack said when he can be found in 'I can't guarantee I would have won but I definitely wasn't beat'. He said he actually liked the way he went from the last to the line.<br><br><br>"It occurred to us yesterday [when El Cairos fell when in front at the last] but that's why it's called jump racing.<br><br><br>"He's an excellent horse and I think he'll stay even more too. I 'd envision he'll come back here for the Dublin Racing Festival."<br><br><br>Related topics<br><br><br>Northern Ireland Sport<br><br><br>Horse Racing<br><br><br>More on this story<br><br><br>Latest horse racing results<br>