My Sister Sarah © Photo Healy Racing
It is rare for Willie Mullins to send a runner from Ireland to the British mainland on a Monday, much less to Kempton Park.
So punters duly noted My Sister Sarah, who produced a faultless display in the hands of Nico de Boinville to land the feature on the card, the five-runner Listed Racing TV Mares’ Hurdle Race.
The 10-11 favourite was much too good, sealing the deal with a superb leap at the last to score by seven lengths from Dragon Bones (6-4) after taking it up approaching the penultimate fence.
Tenth in the Irish Cesarewitch last time, the seven-year-old relished the dry conditions.
“She gained her confidence throughout the race. She was a slightly classier horse,” said the winning rider.
Mullins added from his Closutton base: “We’ll try to keep her to mares’ races over that kind of trip and perhaps we’ll look to Leopardstown at Christmas next while keeping an eye on the English programme as well.
“I’d imagine the Mares’ Hurdle (at Cheltenham) will be her main target in the spring at this stage.”
