Witches Familiar (FR)

4yo b f 17th Mar 2022

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Witches Familiar (FR)

b f 17th Mar 2022

Sire

Zarak (FR)

Dam

Buck's Babe (FR)

Dam's Sire

Nickname (FR)

Owner

Mrs S Ricci

Trainer

W P Mullins

Breeder

M Marc Bridoux

Last Win

Gowran Park Sat, 3rd Oct, 26 2/5Fav, P Townend (11 days)

Last Run

Gowran Park Sat, 3rd Oct, 26 1st, 2/5Fav, P Townend (11 days)

Lifetime

Runs

Wins

Places

Win %

Earnings

Level Stk

Hurdle IRE

100%

€45,000

3.65

Flat FR

-2.00

Under Rules Total

60%

1.65

Form Figures

56-111

Form Timeline

Form Figures - 56-111

Date Course Conditions

Race Result

Jockey

Class n

MorningSP

Change of Trainer Mlle D Mele to W P Mullins

29Oct25 Le 10f Soft 3y+ Mdn(11K)

8-8[11/2]6th/13, 4.63L behind Spring Lily

T Bachelot

8/111/2

28Sep25 Ami 11f Good to Soft 3y Mdn(15K)

8-6[11/4]5th/14, 6.25L behind Sevara

L Brechet

7/211/4

Symbols Explained

ts² Tongue Strap vs² Visor hd² Hood es² Eye Shield ec² Eye Cover cp² Cheekpiece bl² Blinkers tt² Tongue Tie bf Beaten Favourite on Last Run srMentioned in Stewards Report in Results bbvBroke Blood Vessel

The superscript number on headgear bl² indicates number of times worn. A plus bl⁺ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl¹indicates first time.

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Reports in which Witches Familiar (FR) was mentioned

Witches Familiar impresses again at Gowran

The Willie Mullins-trained Witches Familiar (2/5) was an impressive and eye-catching winner of the Grade 3 BoyleSports Novice Hurdle for Paul Townend, running out a wide-margin 10-length winner. There was an honest pace throughout the contest between the Gordon Elliott-trained Mino Des Mottes and Switch From Diesel, and momentarily it looked like Paul Townend was struggling to lie up with the leaders, but once the daughter of Zarak warmed to the task, she strode on very impressively and left her rivals with a nice turn of foot to seal the contest and could be one for the notebooks going forward. Sat 03rd Oct

Paul Townend on his Day 2 rides in Galway: 'It’s a track he seems to have a liking for'

Tue 28th Jul

Familiar outcome as Witches lands opener at Galway

Mon 27th Jul

Familiar makes winning start for Mullins

Tue 26th May

Mon, 27th Jul, 2026

We kept her for Galway, after she won so easily first time up, we just thought she was alright,. We had her in for a lot of last season but we kept her as a novice, we thought she was a bit better than the average novice. You won’t get too many Zaraks now for jumping bred mares, it’s nice to have a filly going jumping by him. She did it well and she’s one that we think a bit of. It’s a pity Rich and Susannah can’t be here. We’ll up her in grade as best we can. I’d probably be looking at her as a Royal Bond-type filly. We might just leave her now. I can see her being a good mare in novice company for the whole season. I’d be looking at the long term rather than shorter term with her.

W P Mullins