Jackpot Pool - £70,422.54 Winning Units - 4.92 Dividend - £10,162.60. Placepot Pool - £1,396,333.53 Winning Units - 5689.2 Dividend - £179.10. Quadpot Pool - £31,566.25 Winning Units - 408.33 Dividend - £57.20. Place Six Dividend - £140.81. Place Five Dividend - £99.50.
I think Mark did a great job to get him settled and I think he will learn a lot from that race, I’m just relieved. It’s all in front of him and when Willie decided to go straight chasing with him I had no objection, it sounded good to me. It has been vindicated. That was very impressive, it was a Gold Cup performance potentially, but he’s been like that since the day he came into the yard. I thought he’d win the Champion Bumper last year, then of course JP came and beat us with A Dream To Share, but that’s how good I thought he was. The fact that he was a ready-made steeplechaser from the first day he came into the yard is why I skipped hurdling with him and I’m very happy we did that now. I think JP had a nice little wager for the staff earlier in the season on this fellow for this race, so he more or less made the decision. He’s a beauty of a jumper and he gave Mark a tremendous ride, I’d say it was some thrill riding him round there. He’s just a real gentleman of a horse, that’s what he is. I’ve seen the potential. He’s like a child’s pony in the stable, he’s got the temperament for it. You know the plan (for next season), he could start off in the John Durkan, then run at Christmas, then the Dublin Racing Festival and back here. That’s the bones of the plan, but he has to stay right and JP might have other ideas, so I’ll have to have a chat with him about that.
W P Mullins, trainer
Rated 159
Poliglote (GB) - Mitemps (FR)(Trempolino (USA))
Breeder - M Michel Pehu
(Morning price: 10/11 1/1 4/5 5/6 4/5 8/11 4/6 8/11 8/13)
SP 8/13fav
Rated 147
Walk In The Park (IRE) - Tempest Belle (IRE)(Glacial Storm (USA))
Breeder - Aidan Aherne
(Morning price: 11/2 9/2 11/2 6/1 11/2 5/1 11/2)
(Ring price: 6/1 13/2)
SP 13/2
sr Rated 146
Walk In The Park (IRE) - Whyalla (IRE)(Bandari (IRE))
Breeder - Colm Griffin
(Morning price: 20/1 33/1 28/1 25/1 28/1 22/1 25/1 22/1 20/1 22/1 25/1 40/1 33/1 40/1)
SP 40/1
ts2 Rated 140
Fame And Glory (GB) - Betty Roe (IRE)(Vinnie Roe (IRE))
Breeder - Minch Bloodstock & AV Bloodstock
(Morning price: 20/1 16/1 18/1 16/1 18/1 22/1 25/1 22/1 25/1 22/1 25/1 22/1 20/1 22/1)
(Ring price: 14/1 12/1 14/1 16/1)
SP 16/1
ts6 Rated 147
Mahler (GB) - American Jennie (IRE)(Lord Americo)
Breeder - Louis Murray & Colm Moran
(Morning price: 10/1 11/1 10/1 12/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 9/1 10/1 9/1)
(Ring price: 13/2 7/1)
SP 7/1
ts8cp1sr Rated 159
Shantou (USA) - Augusta Bay (GB)(Oscar (IRE))
Breeder - Southeast Bloodstock Ltd & Owen Hickey
(Morning price: 3/1 10/3 3/1 7/2 4/1 5/1)
(Ring price: 13/2 7/1 13/2 6/1)
SP 6/1
Time 6m. 41.82 secs, which is 0.67 secs slower than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £5.20
Tote Trifecta- £47.70
CSF- £5.19.
2023 The Real Whacker 7 11-7 Sam Twiston-Davies 8/1 (Patrick Neville)
2022 L'Homme Presse 7 11-4 Charlie Deutsch 9/4Fav (Miss Venetia Williams)
2021 Monkfish 7 11-4 P Townend 1/4Fav (W P Mullins)
2020 Champ 8 11-4 B J Geraghty 4/1 (Nicky Henderson)
2019 Topofthegame 7 11-4 Harry Cobden 4/1 (Paul Nicholls)
