De Senectute hacks up on debut for Mullins

A DOUBLE for former champion Pat Smullen, on De Senectute and Snap Alam, proved the highlight of last night’s action in Ballinrobe.

Previously trained by Robert Tyner and having his first run since joining Willie Mullins, De Senectute proved the easiest winner of the night, coasting to an emphatic nine lengths win over Lus Na Hoiche in the Coleman Quarries Handicap.

The five-year-old mare took command on the turn two furlongs from home and readily stretched clear, prompting Smullen to comment: “She loved the fast ground and was tanking all the way. It was probably a moderate race. I was waiting for something to come at me but nothing came and I had plenty in the tank.”