Treble delight for Willie Mullins at Clonmel
DIGGING IN: Quai De Bourbon, right, en route to winning the Munster Hurdle in the hands of Paul Townend. Picture: Healy Racing
Willie Mullins brought five horses to contest three races at Clonmel on Thursday and returned with a virtually perfect record as he saddled three winners, two of which were chased home by stable companions.
Quai De Bourbon is anything but the finished article, but he made it two wins from two runs for Mullins by taking the Munster Hurdle, the feature on the card. Awkward at some of his hurdles, something which his rider attributed to his mount’s size, he was made to work hard to repel stablemate Westport Cove but there was a positive to be taken from the way he dug in deep to see him off by half a length.
