Saint Sam and Paul Townend© Photo Healy Racing
Tearaway front-runner Saint Sam (1/4f) successfully reverted to hurdles at Cork today, as Willie Mullins' gelding recorded another bloodless win in the Follow Us On Twitter Hurdle, under jockey Paul Townend.
The Saint Des Saints-sired seven-year-old maintained his customary sixth-gear-gallop throughout today's race when defeating inferior-rated rivals by 27 lengths and more, for a ninth career success.
Townend, earlier successful on Mullins' 14-lengths winner Aurora Vega said “the race was a great find for him and fair play to David Casey who rides him out every morning as he has a hard job!
“He is a tricky customer, he likes to get on with things and you are just a passenger on him. There isn't any settling in him; we tried for a long time but that is what he is now.
“These races suit him so well and on fast ground, he was going to be hard to peg back. It takes a fair horse to go with him, he is hardy and doesn't know when to stop galloping. These are his races.”
