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Colreevy wins again with "no fuss about her"
She jumps very well and takes it all in her stride. Paul (Townend, winning jockey) was very happy with her and how she did everything for him with no fuss about her,. There's a Grade 2 chase at Limerick in March that we're looking at next but whether or not she has higher expectations or not I don't know. I'll chat with the owners but they were hoping coming here today to hopefully win and then go on to Limerick. We might revise plans but we'll see; whether or not she has enough experience over fences to go to Cheltenham is another day's work. Certainly what she has done at Limerick over Christmas and today would lead you to think she might have as good a chance as anything over there.
Mullins the man at Thurles - doubling up with Townend through Allaho
I think he was idling in front all the time and that might be more his trip. I was a little worried when Elimay got to him but when he saw her he picked up and went away again like a decent horse,. Elimay ran a fantastic race as well and she will go for the Opera Hat Chase in Naas next and maybe on to the mares' chase in Cheltenham after that. Allaho is a huge horse and I thought he was a three miler but maybe he is better off coming back to 2m4f or 2m5f - I am thinking about the Ryanair for him. He is making progress and I think he will improve into the spring which is the time of year you want to improve in. I'm looking forward to his next run and he'll probably go straight to Cheltenham.
Enjoy D’allen has ‘rookie trainer’ Murphy quickly into his stride
He has the makings of a lovely horse, we've known that and he improved from the last day, confidence-wise more than anything,. He really galloped to the line today and he impressed me. He hits a flat spot but with more racing that won't happen and he'll be some horse at the end of the year. He seems to go on any ground but he handles it well and we'll keep him going as a novice. We have 40 horses between flat and jumps and we're hoping this will help us along. We are open to a few more and we're going to keep the head down and keep working.
Torygraph going the right way and staying is his game
Thurles treble for Mullins as McMahon rides 1st winner over jumps
Dublin Racing Festival aim for Thurles winner Blanketontheground
She is a lovely filly and I suppose we got the tactics wrong at Limerick but that is behind us,. She is entered in the big mares' handicap at Leopardstown and we need a couple to come out but that is the plan.
Noble Yeats impressively reveals "true colours"
We were very disappointed at Limerick but I would say on the day it was a good bumper. He had been showing us plenty at home but I was doubting myself coming here and he was good and impressive and I couldn't ask for any more,. To keep Patrick happy, his next race will have to be a bumper but owner-wise I don't know; he (Paul Byrne) could find anything for us. It was just good to get that win today and he showed his true colours; he's an exciting horse for the future and when we go jumping we could be looking forward to better things.
Warrior completes good day for favourite backers at Thurles
I'm very happy with that and he did it well,. The plan was to stay over hurdles but this came up at a suitable trip so we said we'd come here.