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MAUGHREEN STRENGTHENED HER Cheltenham Festival claims with a front-running victory on her return to action at Punchestown .
Having jumped well in the main, the Willie Mullins-trained mare was in full command rounding the home turn and while she was steadied into the final flight, she picked up again on the run-in to beat the staying-on Dee’s Lady by five lengths. “I thought it was a huge performance for a mare having only her second run, against the experience that Familiar Dreams had,” said Mullins.
The five-year-old was a 1-2 favourite off the back of finishing fourth on his Irish debut at Naas and duly raised his game register a 16-length success.
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