Fri, 25th Sep, 2026  Unfortunately the King and Queen aren't present but would love to be here, as one of their stated aims is to visit every county in Ireland,. They only have a few left and hopefully will come to 'the Kingdom' some day. The horse got a fright at the last but he jumps well enough. He likes a flat track but it can be a bit sharp here and he is a huge, big, long-striding horse so was inclined to get unbalanced around the bends. Other than that, he did it well. The ultimate plan is to go for the Turners Novices Hurdle (2m5f) at Cheltenham next March and I think he is more of a good ground-horse, so running in Leopardstown at Christmas would be fantastic. We'll take it baby steps first. W P Mullins

Fri, 25th Sep, 2026  Unfortunately the King and Queen aren’t present but would love to be here, as one of their stated aims is to visit every county in Ireland. They only have a few left and hopefully will come to ‘the Kingdom’ (as Listowel is known) some day. The horse got a fright at the last but he jumps well enough. He likes a flat track, but it can be a bit sharp here and he is a huge, big, long-striding horse so was inclined to get unbalanced around the bends. Other than that, he did it well. W P Mullins

After race at Listowel Fri, 25th Sep, 2026 (1st)  Unfortunately the King and Queen aren't present but would love to be here, as one of their stated aims is to visit every county in Ireland,. They only have a few left and hopefully will come to 'the Kingdom' some day. The horse got a fright at the last but he jumps well enough. He likes a flat track but it can be a bit sharp here and he is a huge, big, long-striding horse so was inclined to get unbalanced around the bends. Other than that, he did it well. The ultimate plan is to go for the Turners Novices Hurdle (2m5f) at Cheltenham next March and I think he is more of a good ground-horse, so running in Leopardstown at Christmas would be fantastic. We'll take it baby steps first. W P Mullins

After race at Listowel Fri, 25th Sep, 2026 (1st)  we can’t find a horse trained in either Ireland or Britain to have won a race in Ireland, since between the time of the founding of the Irish state in 1922, and until now. The Queen Mother had an Ulster National-winner trained in England (Laffy, 1962) and another of her horse’s Mascara was trained by John Oxx senior to win at Baldoyle in 1971. However, we couldn’t find a reigning British monarch’s horse to have won in Ireland since Irish independence in 1922, at the very least. David Summers, who manages the Royal Stud (on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk), is from Wexford and he texted me today with the relevant information. Both he and John Warren (who serves as the official Bloodstock and Racing Advisor to King Charles III and Queen Camilla) couldn’t find any Irish winners in the period since Irish independence. W P Mullins

After race at Listowel Fri, 25th Sep, 2026 (1st)  Unfortunately the King and Queen aren’t present but would love to be here, as one of their stated aims is to visit every county in Ireland. They only have a few left and hopefully will come to ‘the Kingdom’ (as Listowel is known) some day. The horse got a fright at the last but he jumps well enough. He likes a flat track, but it can be a bit sharp here and he is a huge, big, long-striding horse so was inclined to get unbalanced around the bends. Other than that, he did it well. W P Mullins