He had been jumping well and was vying for the lead when the incident happened
There was a bizarre incident at Naas on Saturday as the Willie Mullins -trained Road To Home jumped the wrong obstacle during a maiden hurdle.
The race was won by 9/4 joint-favourite Lovely Hurling under Mark Walsh for trainer Colm Murphy and owner JP McManus, who came home five lengths ahead of the Mouse Morris-trained Autoportrait, who was the other 9/4 joint-favourite. Allegorie De Vassy was the 5-6 favourite and Dinoblue an 11-10 chance, but it was the latter mare who took first place in a battle to the line.
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