Max Dynamite in great form and on a good mark in Hurdle

Winning the 2016 Galway Hurdle on Clondaw Warrior, which is owned by my wife, Gillian, and some of our friends, was a dream, and something which will be hard to match, but I’m going back there today hopeful of following up on Max Dynamite, one of five runners for Willie Mullins.

He hasn’t run over hurdles for two years, since he was second to Quick Jack in this race, but went on to win the Lonsdale Cup at York and finish second in the Melbourne Cup.

We fancied him going to Ascot last year, but he got injured in the Ascot Gold Cup and hasn’t been seen since. It has taken us a bit of time to get him back on the go, but he seems to be in great form and we think he’s on a good mark.