Willie Mullins

Dark Raven To Be Offered Through Tattersalls

Dark Raven (Ire) (Malinas {Ger}), the current top-rated 4-year-old bumper horse in Ireland, will be offered at the Tattersalls Online 23rd March Sale. Dark Raven was an eye-catching winner of a National Hunt flat race at Leopardstown on Mar. 7 for Willie Mullins and looks to be among the favourites for the €100,000 Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Bumper at Fairyhouse on Apr. 4. The Tattersalls Online 23rd March Sale will be the third conducted on the Tattersalls Online platform. Entries close on Mar. 15 and the full catalogue will...

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Cheveley Park Stud Move Horses From Gordon Elliott

Richard Thompson of Cheveley Park Stud has confirmed that the operation will be removing eight horses from the stable of Gordon Elliott, who is currently under investigation by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) following the publication of a disturbing photograph of the trainer sitting astride a dead horse. Envoi Allen (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}), unbeaten in 11 races and widely regarded as the best novice chaser in training, will switch to the stable of Henry de Bromhead, who already trains the Grade 1-winning chaser A Plus Tard (Fr) (Kapgrade {Fr})...

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True Self Upsets Channel Maker In Saudi

A winner over hurdles in Ireland, a multiple listed winner on the flat in the UK, a dual Group 3 winner in Australia and now a winner in Saudi Arabia: True Self (Ire) (Oscar {Ire}) has nearly done it all, and at age eight she appeared at the peak of her powers on Saturday when overhauling America's reigning champion turf horse Channel Maker (English Channel) in a beautifully executed ride by Hollie Doyle to win the $1-million Neom Turf Cup in Riyadh. Dropping back to race midpack as the field...

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Max Dynamite Retired

Former G1 Melbourne Cup runner-up Max Dynamite (Fr) (Great Journey {Jpn}) has been retired from racing at 10 years of age and after a career on both the flat and over jumps, his trainer Willie Mullins tweeted on Thursday. Campaigned by Susannah and Rich Ricci, Max Dynamite won five of 44 starts and earned in excess of £1-million. Stakes-placed at three, Max Dynamite was at his best at five when he won the G2 Lonsdale S. and finished second by a half-length in the Melbourne Cup. He would go on...

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Boum Time Again For Mullins In Gold Cup

CHELTENHAM, UK—With a slightly surreal sense of the final day of the Cheltenham Festival providing a last hurrah for racing as know it, at least for now, Al Boum Photo (Fr) (Buck's Boum {Fr}) returned to the scene of his greatest triumph to land back-to-back runnings of the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup. He's not seen often, but when the sleek 8-year-old gelding appears at the races he seldom disappoints and his assured victory sealed a sensational day for Willie Mullins, who saddled the first four winners of the week's finale....

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