Impaire Et Passe keeps up Willie Mullins’s Ballymore dominance
“Did that just happen, I can’t believe it!” beamed Gleeson while his senior partner was characteristically composed.
“I’m 86 in May. I gave up riding out three years ago with Covid. I’ve spent my life in racing, you never think as a youngster you’d get to be in this hallowed spot,” he added. “You have to look at everything, including the Champion Hurdle. Yesterday I was telling Michael Buckley, we’ll have to go shopping again to find one to beat you [Constitution Hill], but maybe we haven’t yet!
“It isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but a winner at the Festival is a winner,” said Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary. “Some horses do take to it and some don’t. Tiger Roll took to it and Delta has taken to it well again.”
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