Tag: willie mullins

Dermot Weld, so often the trainer to follow at Galway Races, won the Colm Quinn BMW Mile Handicap with Coeur D’Or at odds of 14/1. Ridden by Chris Hayes, the son of Dubawi held off the late fast finishing No More Porter (18/1, jockey Jamie Powell), with Robbie Colgan on Dunum a further three-quarters of […]

Top trainers Gordon Elliott and Henry De Bromhead shared the Grade 1 races on Day 2 of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival as Mighty Potter and Envoi Allen took Monday’s main races. Mighty Potter (5/2) was a first Grade 1 success for rider Jack Kennedy since his return from injury. The Gordon Ellliot-handled bay gelding won […]

Appreciate It and Energumene have big chances on day one. Monkfish is the standout in Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase. Usual strong representation for Weatherbys Champion Bumper – a race the trainer has won on a record 10 occasions. Willie Mullins looks to have a particularly strong hand in the novice races at The Festival™ supporting […]