Returning Champ Kiely adds to Mullins' joy of six as trainer starts the new year on song 

Successful by 11 lengths after a slick round of jumping, the bay showed plenty of promise despite his lengthy break from racing and impressed both trainer and jockey.
Returning Champ Kiely adds to Mullins' joy of six as trainer starts the new year on song 

BACK WITH A BANG: Champ Kiely and Paul Townend win for trainer Willie Mullins at Fairyhouse on New Year's Day. Pic: Healy Racing

Willie Mullins would have been hard pressed to start 2025 on a better note as the champion trainer enjoyed six winners across New Year's Day cards at Fairyhouse and Tramore.

More Coko got the afternoon under way with a maiden hurdle success as the 6-4 joint-favourite at Tramore, where Embassy Gardens then took the feature O'Driscoll's Irish Whiskey New Year's Day Chase at 9-1.

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