Thousands enjoyed a day out on St Brigid’s Bank Holiday despite the threat of rain lingering over the south Dublin racecourse
Sporting greats and stars gathered at Leopardstown Racecourse yesterday for the Dublin Racing Festival as celebrations also marked the Chinese New Year.
The much-anticipated Ladbrokes Dublin Chase was one of the highlights of the Dublin Racing Festival and saw Solness romp home to victory. It was an 11th Grade 1 triumph for the gelding owned by Marie Donnelly, who had the bonus of also seeing Daddy Long Legs come home strongly to be second, six-and-a-half lengths behind the easy winner.
Townend’s older brother, Paul was on board State Man and that made it a treble for him, with five winners in total at DRF. Mullins said: “I let both jockeys do whatever they wanted. No instructions. Ride their own race, ride their own horse and it was setting it up to be a hell of a race I’d say.” Prior to Lossiemouth’s misfortune, Danny Mullins had been enjoying a wonderful day, starting with what was the first leg of a double for him and cousin Emmet, as Vischio provided them with an emotional triumph in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Paddy and Maureen Mullins Mares’ Handicap.
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