Workmanlike Fly fails to impress connections

It was a case of mission accomplished for Hurricane Fly in the Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown last evening, but his performance didn’t overly please either Willie Mullins or Ruby Walsh.

Said Walsh: “I’m relieved. From the time we jumped the first hurdle I was never, shall we say, happy.

“Half way down the back, I was kind of thinking to myself that I wouldn’t mind being on Zaidpour.