Crusset powers to first flat success

TONY MULLINS’ Crusset, now a five-year-old, enjoyed his first success on the flat when taking the Templemore Maiden at Clonmel yesterday.

Powerfully handled by Seamus Heffernan, Crusset powered past Ciara’s Delight at the furlong pole to score by a length with a rather reluctant looking, not for the first time, Revue in third spot.

“My horse doesn’t lack ability and isn’t dishonest, it’s just that he loves to get a breather two or three furlongs out”, reported Mullins.