Talking points: Cheltenham chat from intriguing first day of Dublin Racing Festival
NOVICE SIGN?: Gaillard Du Mesnil, lwith Paul Townend up, jumps the last on their way to winning the Novice Hurdle on Day 1 of the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown. Picture: Harry Murphy, Sportsfile
Willie Mullins has won the Ballymore Novices Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival four times in the past and the champion trainer will fancy his chances of making it a fab five next month after Gaillard Du Mesnil’s stylish success in Saturday's Novice Hurdle, the first of eight Grade One contests at the Dublin Racing Festival.
