Must have missed that one, Injury I assume?Originally Posted by hezz
Must have missed that one, Injury I assume?
Only public knowledge yesterday. Nothing definitive on the reason but you can only assume so.
I was thinking outside the box a bit for the Stayers Hurdle yesterday but couldn't find him quoted anywhere.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2018...re-retirement/
That’s because Outside the Box is retired too!! 🤪
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This is the sort of news I have come to expect from Mullin's mouth
"Douvan is getting better by the day...no lameness has shown up for weeks. I expect he will do some serious work starting with standing up on Saturday morning and then decide whether to let him try and walk or not" "We are hopeful he will make Cheltenham in time but I can't commit to which year".
Last edited by Tanlic; 11th January 2018 at 4:06 AM.
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If he says nothing he gets panned.
If he says Douvan is on track for Cheltenham and he doesn't make it, he gets panned.
If he says Douvan is doubtful for Cheltenham then he makes it, he gets panned.
The older I get the better I was.
That’s what happens when you have the history Mullins has and play “Willie Mullins Bingo” as the boys on the Final Furlong Podcast call it.
There wouldn’t be the same reaction to any other trainer in the above scenarios.
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Mullins on Yorkhill.
"I never thought he was a Gold Cup horse. I thought he was a Champion Hurdle horse".
All comers, all grounds, all beaten!
This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.
So they are going for the Champion Chase!
After running in the 3m Christmas Chase!!!! Bingo indeed.
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Willie clearly lost the vote.
All comers, all grounds, all beaten!
This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.
At the stable visit in September, Willie said that he saw Yorkhill as a Champion Hurdle horse but Ruby wanted him in the Gold Cup. At the time Graham Wylie was busy organising a golf tournament but all the indications were that chasing would be the first choice. It's ironic that, had Ruby been fit to ride at Leopardstown, he might have been able to settle him and lasted the trip better.
The older I get the better I was.
Yep Willie has always thought he's a Champion Hurdle horse and that's why he convinced Wylie that he'd be better suited by the 2m5f Neptune.
This time round the Ryanair??? na GW trust me he's better at 2 miles.........ok Willie Duh!!!!
Boy is he taking the mickey or what?.........he has UDS but both Douvan and Faugheen could easily miss the Festival so.......you got it
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I see Debuchet has joined Willie's stable and has an entry in the Delloitte. His fairly disappointing low key maiden run on what was his last run for Mags earlier this season was also his first since a wind op.
He was summer favourite for the Supreme when with Mags but seems to have been forgotten about and is now available at 33s. That seems too big to me.
Last edited by wilsonl; 18th January 2018 at 10:09 AM.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
There was apparently some confusion on this yesterday on Twitter, Lee - I think it was confirmed he is still with Mags Mullins (not entirely sure, mind, due to the confusion, as I'm easily confused).
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
wilsonl (18th January 2018)
Cheers Grass. It really is a sorry state of affairs when info on Twitter can't be trusted 100%
Regardless of who he's with I still think being pushed out to 33s on his first run back, post op was an over reaction. He didn't run that badly and was beaten FTO in bumpers too yet was beaten only by the extremely talented and unfortunate Fayonagh at Cheltenham - Claimantakinforgan one place back - albeit with the juvenile allowance but that's for another thread then I guess.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
Debuchet definitely still with Mags Mullins - hoping he is better next time out
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
wilsonl (18th January 2018)
Sent out 2 would be good things today both finished unplaced..........one in the bumper couldn't raise a gallop and was beaten after a mile.
The Irish punters don't get the Mullins horses that wrong..........something amiss in that yard. Even UDS didn't exactly set the world on fire
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You really are an endless source of nonsense. 2 runners is a huge sample size after all.
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