Echoes In Rain cruised home to land the Coolmore N.H. Sires Mogul Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend at Punchestown.
The seven-year-old was the 13-8 joint-favourite for the Grade One contest after finishing fourth in the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle when last seen at the Cheltenham Festival.
Harry Fry’s Love Envoi was the other market leader, but was beaten around the final bend and faded to come home last in an unusually poor performance under Danny Mullins.
“She’s improving all the time. She’s hard on herself, but she’s just about learning to settle now,” said the winning trainer.
“We’ll probably go back on the Flat with her, but Flat racing does upset her a little bit, it gets her too geed up for this job. We’ll see and have a good chat with the owners. She’s done the job here today and that’s what counts.”
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4 Comments
Scam. Love envoi hasn’t run a bad race in its life but just so happens when Danny Mullins is aboard (a nephew to the trainer who saddles 3 in the race trying to defeat Love envoi) or just happens to run its worst ever race and come last.
Winner did it easy. Asleep at the back then whoosh. Looks like Echoes would jump a fence too. Epatante never looks happy in her mouth she resists everytime jockey pulls her back she did that last time.
Epatante should be retired. Doesn't look like she's enjoying racing now. She shouldn't be finishing behind Anna Bunina.
Enough of the Love Envoi hype now please.
One of the most overrated horses in training she is!!!!