Mystic Theatre gets over the last© Photo Healy Racing
Mystic Theatre maintained her unbeaten record over flights, as she made all in the feature at Gowran this afternoon, the Listed Pat Walsh Memorial Irish EBF Mares Hurdle.
Successful on her debut over flights at Kilbeggan in June, the Willie Mullins trained bay then followed-up at the Co Westmeath venue, before winning again on her most recent start at Bellewstown.
Sent off the clear favourite at 2/5, the Rose Boyd owned victor was sent straight to the front by Ruby Walsh (completing a double along with Mullins after the earlier success of Sharjah .
With a circuit to race she had just Polar Present for company, with the other four over twenty lengths behind.
The winning six-year-old went clear before three out, and kept on well from the last to score by ten lengths, with Polar Present filling the runner-up spot under Donagh Meyler for Seamus Fahey at 8/1.
The Denise O'Shea trained Kilganer Queen (33/1) was best of the rest, nineteen lengths back in third under Rachael Blackmore.
"She's done it well. In fairness to her the runner-up is a 127-rated mare with a lot of experience and our mare is only a novice," said Walsh.
"She jumped really well and kept galloping through the ground. Good things can come in small packages.
"She's a decent filly who is going the right direction and, as Airlie Beach won the race last year and went to Down Royal, you'd imagine she'll go there for the novice race on the Friday."
Mullins added: "I'm very pleased with that because being by King's Theatre you are always worried about that ground.
"She'll stick to the mares novice programme. We'll see if she can do what Airlie Beach did, win in the north and go back to Fairyhouse, but we'll plan the north first."
STEWARDS REPORT
D.N. Russell, rider of Tellthemnuttin trained by W.F. Codd, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount didn't handle the ground.
Additional reporting by Gary Carson
