Willie Mullins takes first step towards next Cheltenham century as Majborough lands Triumph Hurdle

Talk of a double century might be flippant right now but even at 67, the Irishman’s ambition gives every impression of accelerating rather than slowing down, and every journey does begin with a first step.

“I’m surprised at his price - 6/1 - I picked him to be favourite,” said Mullins. “He’s a chaser, isn’t he? When he came into the yard and they said he was our Triumph Hurdle horse, I said I thought he was a Gold Cup horse, a three-mile chaser. He’s very trained at the moment, a bit angular, like all the French horses. But when he comes in from a summer’s grass, he will be some beast.”

If Mullins’ favourite Dinoblue came up just short of Limerick Lace in the Mares Chase, it didn’t matter to owner JP McManus, successful earlier with Majborough, who enjoyed his fifth winner of the week. Keith Donoghue did the steering on Gavin Cromwell’s second winner of the festival.

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