Martin Brassil hopeful of more Aintree glory with Longhouse Poet
Sunday’s other black-type contest at Limerick also sees The Yellow Clay having to concede a penalty in the Listed McManus Champion Bumper. Ground conditions will be very different from his winning debut at Leopardstown earlier this month, but Gordon Elliott’s runner impressed on that occasion and looks to have a promising future.
Martin Brassil, who endured a frustrating Cheltenham festival with a pair of runner-up placings, will hope for better fortune when the course winner Walk With Paul lines up for a competitive looking mares hurdle. The Curragh trainer’s big race focus, however, is trying to win the Aintree Grand National again with Longhouse Poet. Successful in the world’s most famous steeplechase with Numbersixvalverde in 2006, Brassil saddled Longhouse Poet to finish sixth behind Noble Yeats in last year’s renewal.
However, a victory at Down Royal last week looks to have set the horse up perfectly for a return to Liverpool. “He came out of the race great and we are really looking forward to Aintree with him,” Brassil reported on Friday. “He just did a bit too much in the race last year. He over-raced a bit. It was his first time there and he was very exuberant. He is such a good jumper, he was making ground over the fences and Darragh was inclined to let him enjoy it. He needed to have a little quiet time at some stage in the race, to slot in behind a few. He did all the donkey work, really.”
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