Mullins, Townend swoon over regal Chacun Pour Soi
CLASSY CHACUN: Paul Townend on Chacun Pour Soi winning the Dublin Steeplechase on Saturday.
When required, there is a regality to Chacun Pour Soi’s jumping which sets him apart from the rest of Ireland’s leading two-mile chasers, and if there were doubts about his finishing effort in previous outings, there was no evidence of such in the Grade 1 Dublin Chase, one of four top-class races on the opening day of the Dublin Racing Festival.
Trained by Willie Mullins and ridden confidently by Paul Townend, he sat behind the pace most of the way and when his rider pushed the button the response was immediate. The odds-on favourite quickened up between Notebook and Fakir D’oudairies going to the last, jumped the obstacle in front and oozed class as he left them behind going to the line.
