Leopardstown’s Christmas Festival is likely to be the next port of call for Home By The Lee following his surprise victory in the Lismullen Hurdle at Navan.
The seven-year-old has been overlooked on several occasions this year – finishing second in the Galmoy Hurdle as an 80-1 shot in February and sixth at 33-1 in the Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
Joseph O’Brien’s charge was again widely unconsidered at 28-1 for the Lismullen earlier this month, but belied those odds to beat the likes of Bob Olinger and Flooring Porter to Grade Two honours.