Willie Mullins Stable Tour: younger horses

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A winning point-to-pointer, she won all four of her starts in bumpers last season including the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival and the equivalent contest at the Punchestown Festival. She made it second-time lucky over hurdles in a maiden at Fairyhouse in January.

Trainer says

The Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle is her target. We know she jumps, we know she stays the trip, we know she goes on the ground, and we know she handles the track. We have a lot of positives going there and I’d be hoping she’ll be back to herself by then.

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A son of Doctor Dino who was victorious in the Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors Novice Hurdle, winning by an emphatic eight lengths

Trainer says

I was watching him the other day, I’m looking at how he pulled and dragged his jockey through the race, and I don’t think he could do that for three miles around Cheltenham. He’d have a faster pace in the Turners Novices’ Hurdle. I’ll leave it up to Paul Townend. Maybe he’ll find some way of riding him differently. He rode him from the front the other day. You could ride him differently in the Albert Bartlett, cover him up and get him to settle. If he told me he could get him to settle, then we’d probably run him in the Albert Bartlett. That’ll be crucial, how Paul wants to ride him.

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A 146-rated hurdler, he won a maiden hurdle at Limerick prior to finishing a close third in a Grade 1 novice hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival.

Trainer says

He was third to what I think are the two best novice hurdlers in Ireland at the Dublin Racing Festival. He should come on from that run and is right in the mix. I think he has enough speed for the Supreme, but with his run the other day, you might be thinking Turners.

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Made it second-time lucky for Mullins when winning a maiden hurdle at Thurles in February.

Trainer says

We've left him in all three novice hurdles at Cheltenham. He had a small problem after he came to us, but when that happens, I put them aside rather than rush them back. When they have a problem, we give them more time rather than less time. He looks a real decent horse.

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Made it second-time lucky over hurdles when winning a maiden hurdle winner at Punchestown in January.

Trainer says

He was disappointing over Christmas, but the style of his win the other day at Punchestown puts him right in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle with a chance. He has plenty of experience as he ran in six Flat races in France.

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A winning point-to-pointer, he made a winning racecourse debut in a bumper at Naas in January.

Trainer says

That was a huge performance by him at Naas. I always love horses that can win at those big metropolitan tracks over Christmas or just after it by over 10 lengths. It was a deep enough race as well. He hammered them and it was a huge run. What I loved about it was that he never really showed me that at home.

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Runner-up in his only start in a point-to-point, he made an impressive racecourse debut when winning a maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse by 38 lengths in January.

Trainer says

When Mark Walsh got off him the last day, he said he looked around before the second last and couldn’t believe how far in front he was. He said his cruising speed must be huge and that he is a fantastic jumper. I think he has to be right in the mix for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. A horse that wins by that distance, you sort of think he is in Faugheen-type territory. Those things don't happen very often. From day one I thought he was good enough to win a Champion Bumper with what he was showing me at home.

Form profile

A 148-rated hurdler, he has won two of his three starts since joining Mullins including the Grade 1 juvenile hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival.

Trainer says

He’s a beautiful big horse who gallops and jumps. He has been compared to the likes of Majborough as he’s got strength, the kind of strength that you don’t see in too many four-year-olds. Apart from his maturity, he’s strong. He looks a really, really good horse who is still improving. The Triumph Hurdle is his target.

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Made a winning racecourse debut over hurdles at Auteuil in September prior to changing hands and making a winning Irish debut in a winner’s hurdle at Fairyhouse in January.

Trainer says

He is entered in the Triumph Hurdle, but JP McManus said to be sure to enter him for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle too. I always like to have a reserve for that race, but I think there is a difference in what he has done compared to my team in the race.

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Won over hurdles at Auteuil in November prior to changing hands and making a promising Irish debut when second in the Grade 1 juvenile hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival.

Trainer says

I was very impressed with her last run. Her jump at the second last was fantastic. Imagine she was able to do that at the last as well? I think she is well entitled to run in the Triumph Hurdle off the back of that run.

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A two-time bumper winner, he made a winning hurdling debut in a maiden at Cork in November prior to finishing second in the Ballymore Novice Hurdle at Naas in January.

Trainer says

We decided this morning to leave him in the Supreme and the Turners as well as the Albert Bartlett. He won over two miles at Cork and made us think he’s got more speed than we had given him credit for. Then he was second over two-and-a-half miles in Naas when the last two hurdles were missing, and Patrick said that if he’d jumped them, he’d have won. Maybe he’s an Albert Bartlett horse

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A 147-rated hurdler, he has won two of his six starts over hurdles including a winner’s race at Limerick’s Christmas meeting on his most recent outing.

Trainer says

He’ll be entered in the County Hurdle and the Coral Cup. He will definitely go for one of them, but I’m not sure which one yet.