Mullins doubles up as What Path lands the bumper

Placed on his previous two starts at Ballinrobe and Downpatrick, What Path (5/2) made no mistake on bumper start number four as he made all the running under Patrick Mullins to land the Guinness Time INH Flat Race.

The five-year-old was shaken up inside the final furlong and kept on well to comfortably account for Notnowned by a length and three quarters with Thecompanysergeant another four lengths back in third.

After Rambranlt'jac in the opener, it was a double on the day and a sixth winner of the festival for Willie Mullins.

“It's just taken him a while to learn how to race. He looks like a typical Coastal Path, a nice galloper and he likes good ground. He jumps well at home,” said Mullins.

“It's nice for Michael (Masterson), he was 30 years coming to Galway and never had a winner and that's now two in the one week after the horse yesterday (Champ Kiely).

“This fella looks like he'll make a nice chaser in time. He has size, scope and goes on nice ground. He could be a horse to come back here for a Plate in the future.”

Quotes from Gary Carson