Yorkhill strides on under Patrick Mullins, to beat the Gerry Mangan-ridden Pause And Ponder© Photo Healy Racing
As the betting suggested Yorkhill (4/9) hardly turned a hair to bring up a double for Willie and Patrick Mullins at Gowran, in the concluding Raceday Packages At GowranPark.ie Point-to-Point Flat Race.
Of course Willie also had a winner across at Sandown, with the Ruby Walsh-partnered Babylone Des Motte, whilst half-an-hour earlier at Gowran the yard had landed the Tetratema Cup with Prince De Beauchene
The short-price brace, on home soil, was completed when the former Dennison/McKeever 'pointer,' asserted over the last quarter mile, to account for Pause And Ponder by two and three parts of a length. They left the third placed Stowaway Splash all of thirty lengths back.
Mullins senior said: "We bought him after he won a point-to-point and he looks a nice acquisition. He'll go down the novice hurdle route next year. We'll see how he is after this and he could go for a winners race, although we have a lot of nice winners to run."
The Stewards fined Eugene M. O'Sullivan, trainer, of Rockinrolldixie 350 Euros as the vaccinations contained in the passport for this horse were incorrect for the second successive occasion.
In accordance with Rule 90 the Stewards also ordered the withdrawal of Rockinrolldixie.
(AM & EM)
