Killarney report: Spectacular 764/1 double for trainer Tom Mullins

Sean O’Keeffe partnered Excelsius to victory, easing past front-running favourite Elegant Lass at the second last before drawing clear for an emphatic eight and a half lengths win

Excelcius & Sean O’Keeffe jump the last to win the Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle. Picture: Healy Racing

Trainer Tom Mullins completed a spectacular 764/1 across the card double on Thursday, highlighted by the runaway victory of his wife Helen’s Excelcius in the featured Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle in Killarney.

The Killarney success, a breakthrough win over hurdles for the five-year-old, came hot on the heels of the Mullins-trained 50/1 shot Red Linn (Dean Curran) getting up close home to win the opening two-year-old maiden in Leopardstown.