Double Grade Three delight for Townend and Mullins at Tipperary
LONG AND SHORT OF IT: Daddy Long Legs and Paul Townend jump the last to win the Horse and Jockey Hotel Hurdle. Picture: Healy Racing
Paul Townend and Willie Mullins teamed up for a double on the National Hunt portion of Sunday’s card in Tipperary, while Colin Keane made a great weekend even better by taking the feature on the Flat.
Daddy Long Legs, who provided the second leg of the Mullins-Townend double, made short work of his rivals in the Grade Three Horse & Jockey Hotel Hurdle. There wasn’t much depth to the race and, essentially, he beat a 129-rated rival off level terms, but the authority of the performance served as a reminder that when he is on form, he can be very good.
