Leading greyhound trainer Paul Hennessy quick out of the traps at Cheltenham

Paul Hennessy: “We wouldn't have the world of experience in training horses but we had the half-brother to Heaven Help Us, First Friday, and he was an even bigger rogue than myself!'

Paul Hennessy celebrates after Heaven Help Us won the maiden hurdleCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)

He has trained Derby winners in England and Ireland but he was completely overcome after the success of Heaven Help Us in the maiden hurdle at Cheltenham.

Paul Hennessy is one of the best in the business in the greyhound world with winners of the Irish Derby and two in the English Derby, but Heaven Help Us could be the start of something in his nascent racehorse training career, helped on its way by winning owner John Turner.

"You have no idea what this means. It's hard to take this in, switching codes slightly!" Hennessy said after Danny Mullins had reeled in the favourite Master Debonair on the run-in.

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Published on 25 October 2019inReports

Last updated 21:18, 25 October 2019

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