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Colreevy runs last race as Mullins dominates Day 1 of the Punchestown Festival

Five of Mullins' charges were victorious on Tuesday.

Ken McGuire by Ken McGuire
Tuesday 27 April, 2021
in Horse Racing
Reading Time: 2 mins read
Colreevy and Danny Mullins with groom Aimee Morrissey after winning the Grade 1 Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase.

Colreevy and Danny Mullins with groom Aimee Morrissey after winning the Grade 1 Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase. Photo: Punchestown Festivall/Irish Racing Resources

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Colreevy may have been something of a turn-up for the books in the Grade 1 Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase but the eight-year-old continued her rich vein of form to give Willie Mullins a big race clean sweep on Day 1 of the Punchestown Festival.

The admirable eight-year-old posted a career-best as she backed up her Cheltenham Festival success to beat the boys in emphatic style as her stable companion Monkfish followed her home in second.

For Mullins, it was a Grade 1 treble with three different jockeys getting in on the act in the feature races. This time it was the trainer’s nephew, Danny Mullins, following on from his cousin Patrick and the Closutton stable jockey Paul Townend who guided the latest three top tier winners for Mullins.

Five-star performance

Colreevy’s success was a fifth on the day for the champion trainer after the Conor McNamara-ridden Jazzaway won the Killashee Handicap Hurdle and Jody Townend landed added another major race to her growing portfolio when steering Adamantly Chosen to win the Goffs Land Rover Bumper.

For Colreevy, the Grade 1 Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase will prove to be the perfect way for her to bow out from racing as she will now be retired and a date with leading sire Walk In The Park now awaits her.

Best Rated

“That was a nice send-off,” confirmed Mullins.

“Fabulous for the Flynns (owners/breeders) and for Danny as well.”

“On ratings, she was the best rated (with the seven-pounds mares’ allowance). Obviously, Envoi Allen is not right. I think Monkfish, probably, didn’t run his true race and she did. She ran her true race and probably even ran a better race than Cheltenham.”

Willie Mullins completed a Grade 1 double on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival as Chacun Pour Soi and Paul Townend win the William Hill Champion Chase
Willie Mullins completed a Grade 1 double on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival as Chacun Pour Soi and Paul Townend win the William Hill Champion Chase. Photo: Punchestown Festival / Irish Racing Resources

Chacun on point

A vintage renewal of the Grade 1 William Hill Champion Chase saw Chacun Pour Soi storm to victory for Willie Mullins, Paul Townend and Susannah Ricci providing reigning champion jockey Townend with a welcome winner.

The six-runner field was led along at a hair-raising gallop in the early stages and despite being headed briefly by stable companion Allaho in the early stages, Chacun Pour Soi extended on the approach to the straight and eased clear under Paul Townend to win by five and a half lengths from a staying on again Allaho with Nube Negra back in third.

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