Front–running tactics work a treat on Mill House Girl

SHANE DONOHOE heaped praise on fellow trainer, Charlie Swan, after his Mill House Girl had slammed odds-on Telemachus in the Sean Barrett Bloodstock Insurance Ltd. Novice Hurdle at Tipperary last night.

Said Donohoe: “She can be very free and I wasn't sure what to do. I spoke to Charlie and he felt it is often best to let them make the running when they are like that. You couldn't buy that fellow's brain.”

Andrew McNamara carried out the instructions to perfection, setting a decent gallop on the sweet-jumping mare.