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Review punchestown 7th May
Grandouet stamped his class on the AES Champion 4YO Hurdle at Punchestown to cap a great day for Nicky HendersonSat 07th May
Truckers proves a Delight for Shark
Shark Hanlon’s versatile Truckers Delight justified on course support from 16-1 to 11-1 when taking the 24-runner two mile four furlong hurdle by a length and three parts from Barker. Sat 07th May
Review fairyhouse 1st Jan
The fantastic form of the Willie Mullins stable continued on Saturday as the County Carlow man had an across-the-card 83-1 treble at Fairyhouse and LimerickSat 01st Jan
Barker impresses at Tramore
Barker produced a great performance coming off a 256 break and form figures of UPF to land the Holden Plant Rentals Steeplechase in really good style under David Casey. Sat 01st Jan
Golden moment for Silver in Champion Chase
Golden Silver proved the star in a fantastic Grade One treble for Willie Mullins when running out a classy winner of the Boylesports.com Champion Chase at Punchestown. Tue 20th AprReview punchestown 6th Dec
Paul Nolan made up for a few near-misses in recent weeks when Joncol landed the John Durkan Memorial Chase at PunchestownSun 06th Dec
Joncol wins The John Durkan
The feature race of the day the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase saw Paul Nolan’s 9/4 favourite Joncol run out a five and a half length win under Alain ‘Squeaky’ Cawley. Sun 06th DecReview punchestown 30th Apr
Fiveforthree demolished the opposition in the Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle to give the powerful Willie Mullins-Ruby Walsh team a big victory at PunchestownThu 30th Apr
Quel Rounds Off Brilliant Day for the Mullins'
Willie Mullins completed a near 75/1 four-timer in the bumper with Cheltenham Bumper fourth, Quel Esprit, who scored by four lengths under Patrick, in the Orbis (Pro/Am) Flat Race. For good measure, Closutton also supplied the runner-up, the Katie Walsh-partnered Skorcher. Thu 30th Apr
Barker Continues Mullins Domination
Barker obviously relishes heavy ground as the Pierse Hurdle hero of 2008 came good again on another big day with the ground riding very deep, landing the Cathal Ryan Memorial Novice Chase by an impressive fifteen lengths. Thu 30th Apr
Latest news on today's two Grade 1 races
The Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle is the highlight on day three of the Punchestown Festival, and Ruby Walsh believes big race favourite Fiveforthree has a good chance on breeding of staying the three miles. Thu 30th AprReview fairyhouse 12th Apr
Aran Concerto put up a battling performance to take the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse in a thrilling finishSun 12th Apr
Review navan 15th Mar
Silver Birch is still on target to bid for a second win in the John Smith's Grand National despite being well-beaten in the Slane Handicap Hurdle at NavanSun 15th Mar
Barker completes treble as Mullins and Walsh continue to dance
The terrific run of form of Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh shows no sign of stopping as the pair got proceedings at Navan off to a winning start courtesy of Lilywhitedancer and then went on to complete a treble with Palace Merano and Barker. Sun 15th Mar
Review downpatrick 25th Feb
Willie Mullins continued his fine recent form with a treble at Downpatrick, highlighted with Ballytrim (8-1) landing the Powers Ulster Grand National EBF Handicap in fine styleWed 25th Feb
Mullins records double at Downpatrick
Willie Mullins recorded a quick double when Barker won The Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Chase by an impressive 17 lengths under champion jockey Ruby Walsh. Wed 25th FebPreview PUNCHESTOWN 16th Nov
The Grade One Maplewood Developments Hurdle takes centre-stage on a seven-race card at Punchestown and Noel Meade will be hoping to land it for the third year in succession.Sun 16th Nov
Far from The Last Hurrah
For the vast majority of the two miles one furlong of the Mulholland Bookmakers Beginners Chase, those that supported Pierse Hurdle hero, Barker, from 6/4 into 11/10 would have been more than happy. However when the grey ran down two out, when in front, he was quickly put under pressure by The Last Hurrah, and couldn't raise his game to the challenge. Mon 11th AugReview BALLINROBE 11th Aug
Pierse Hurdle hero Barker made an encouraging debut over fences when finishing second to The Last Hurrah at BallinrobeMon 11th Aug
That was great. We just ran him to get his confidence back. We didn't expect him to win like that. He'll step back up in grade now and he has always been a classy horse but last season was a bit of a disaster. It's great for the owner, Eamonn Duignan, after Secant Star broke his pelvis yesterday. It's a nice change of fortune for him. Dad was saying on the phone that David (Casey) gets on very well with him (Barker) and he is a horse that can run over a variety of trips.
W P Mullins
I thought coming here today that two miles was a bit sharp for him but he is a spectacular jumper and jumped himself into the lead. David did the right thing by letting him go and he is improving all the time. I thought after his last run at Fairyhouse that we'd go up to three miles. Looking forward to next season and we've plenty of options now distance wise. The team have been in great form all season and the main reason is that they've stayed healthy for so long. We've hardly had a cough or any illness. We've a good team at home and Jackie is more involved this year in the running of the yard. We do a lot of tests on the horses. Everyone knows what they are doing and a lot of the staff have been with me a good few years.
W P Mullins
I'm delighted with that, he settled much better today than he has done, but he hated the ground - it is very tacky,.
W P Mullins
I'm delighted with that, he settled much better today than he has done, but he hated the ground - it is very tacky,.
W P Mullins
I'm delighted with that, he settled much better today than he has done, but he hated the ground - it is very tacky,.
W P Mullins
I'm delighted with the way he jumped, he'd lost his way a bit but seems to be back to himself. I've only had him about 8 weeks or so. We will probably go to Fairyhouse and Punchestown with him, if we can find a winners of one race in between that would be great. It looks as though he might get further than 2 miles.
W P Mullins
