Plenty of life left in Mossy as he proves too good for rivals

IN a short few weeks Mossy Green will celebrate his 12th birthday, but showed at Thurles yesterday there is still plenty life left in Willie Mullins’ charge.

Plenty of life left in Mossy as he proves too good for rivals
Fri, 11 Nov, 2005 - 00:00
Pat Keane

He proved far too good for his rivals in the Thurles Chase, winning in style under Ruby Walsh. He got a soft lead in the early stages of the contest and never looked like giving it back.

Mossy Green jumped for fun and had this in safe keeping when making his only error at the final fence.

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