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The Nice Guy (IRE)
b g 15th Mar 2015
Track Horse
Track Horse
The Nice Guy (IRE) b g 15th Mar 2015
Dam
Kilbarry Beauty (IRE)
Dam's Sire
Saffron Walden (FR)
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Nov 2015
November National Hunt Sale (Tattersalls (Ireland))
Kilbarry Lodge Stud
Purchaser: Hit The Diff Syndicate
€33,000
Lots Sold: 924
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Avg: €13,803
Median: €10,500
Maximum: €145,000
Reports in which The Nice Guy (IRE) was mentioned
Top-weight Royal Rendezvous (12/1) got the better of Discordantly on the run-in of the Grade A handicap chase over an extended 2m5f.
Wed 27th Apr
Facile Vega added the Punchestown Grade 1 bumper to his Cheltenham Champion Bumper but only after being given an almighty fright by stablemate Redemption Day.
Wed 27th Apr
Paul Townend succinctly summed it up when stating that Allaho took his rivals out of their comfort zone in the Grade 1 Punchestown Gold Cup.
Wed 27th Apr
Unbeaten The Nice Guy grabbed his second Grade 1 victory in the Irish Mirror Novice Hurdle at Punchestown.
Wed 27th Apr
Willie Mullins was crowned leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival for the ninth time after a magnificent five winners on the final day. The Closutton handler ended the week with a record ten victories — taking his career tally at the meeting to 88 — while Paul Townend picked up leading jockey honours.
Fri 18th Mar
The Nice Guy provided Sean O'Keeffe with his first victory at Grade 1 level and continued another memorable day for Willie Mullins at the Cheltenham Festival when leading home a 1-2 for the champion trainer in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle.
Fri 18th Mar
The Nice Guy maintained his unbeaten record when making it three from three on his hurdling debut at Naas this afternoon.
Sun 30th Jan
Willie and Patrick Mullins wrapped up a fantastic Christmas festival meeting at Leopardstown when landing the fourth bumper of the meeting with The Nice Guy.
Wed 29th Dec
The Nice Guy (9/4) got first run on his rivals and stayed on well to win Fairyhouse's bumper - Willie Elliott Memorial - on debut for Willie Mullins.
Sat 27th Nov
After race at
Punchestown Wed, 27th Apr, 2022 (1st)
He totally surprises us and wouldn’t win any sort of race at home on our gallop but he loves it on grass on the track. He keeps surprising us. There is not a lot of condition on him, he’s a light-framed horse and doesn’t take much training. He’s a unique specimen in his own way. He’s the exact opposite of a morning glory. He does it in the afternoon which is tremendous. I was a little surprised he went on at the second last but Paul said he didn’t want to get caught on the inside at the last bend. I think he was idling in front. The first two will go chasing next season.
W P Mullins
After race at
Cheltenham Fri, 18th Mar, 2022 (1st)
Minella Cocooner must have a huge engine to make those mistakes and still be there at the finish. What a ride from Sean, he rode Galopin Des Champs last year here for me, he’s an up-and-coming rider, he’s very cool. I think he’s someone who is going to come through the ranks, it’s always nice to have those, but Paul will be around for a while yet. Things can’t have gone to plan for the winner as the plan was to be in the first six or eight, but he obviously wasn’t quick enough to do that and he just dropped him in and crept his way around. That’s the good thing about fellows like that, they have the ability to change tactics. I like that sort of confidence. The horse shows nothing at home. I almost told Malcolm to sell him, but he said to give him a run and he won. He was going to go chasing but it was too late in the season so we ran him again and he won his second bumper, we then gave him a run in his hurdle and here we are today, he keeps improving all the time.
W P Mullins
After race at
Naas Sun, 30th Jan, 2022 (1st)
He jumped well and stayed well and Paul said he’d be happier to go further. He jumps and gallops. I’d imagine we’ll be looking at the Albert Bartlett but we’ll see what connections want to do. Ramillies ran a terrific race and I think he probably needed that run. He’s a big, round horse and I couldn’t have done any more with him at home. That should bring him on hugely.
W P Mullins
After race at
Leopardstown Wed, 29th Dec, 2021 (1st)
That's tremendous for Patrick to win the four bumpers, it's a good thing he's on our team and we don't have to pitch up against him everyday,. I thought we had a real good bumper team, and I think Patrick felt the same, so we're very happy. We were going to go jumping but he would have to take on Sir Gerhard, Kilcruit or something like that as the hurdles are just so hot so we looked at a winners bumper. I thought we'd stick him in here and see what it turns out like. I'm delighted to get two bumpers out of him, he's six turning seven so he'll probably go jumping in the New Year. He's just been a bit weak, every time I got stuck into him he faded away a little bit and it's taken all this time for him to mature. He's probably more a hurdler than a chaser.
W P Mullins
After race at
Fairyhouse Sat, 27th Nov, 2021 (1st)
He was in training all of last season and that really stood to him. He looked very fit in the ring and he’s a light-framed horse that liked that ground. He’s six so I’d imagine he might go jumping now rather than a winners’ bumper. I just wonder whether he’s going to be a real middle of winter horse. He could be a nice one to look forward to in the spring.
W P Mullins
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