I Walked The Line lands the cash I Walked The Line looks an exciting young jumper and was a facile winner of Tramore's hunters' chase, over just short of two miles, six furlongs. Available at a shade of odds-against this morning, the five-year-old was hammered into 4/11 favouritism. A point-to-point winner for Cormac Doyle last year, the Willie Mullins-trained Walk In The Park gelding scored in the colours of Patrick Mullins at Clonmel in January on his Rules debut. Mullins is still serving a suspension picked up on Road To Home in the Kim Muir at Cheltenham, and that left Luke Turner (celebrating his 20th birthday today) to take the mount on the bay which is now owned by Paul Byrne. Up front throughout, the winner reached for the fourth causing Turner to lose his irons, but he was back on an even keel in the saddle after the next. Second-favourite Catalani tried to mount a challenge on the run to the second-last, but that was quickly shrugged off as I Walk The Line eased clear to beat that rival by 17 lengths. Patrick Mullins was on hand and explained "I picked up a ban at Cheltenham and Luke has been with us a couple of years, he is a brilliant rider and a fantastic horseman, so I was delighted to give him a chance and he took it with both hands. "He is a good horse and I'm hoping he'll be an Aintree, Cheltenham horse next year. We might go to Stratford with him this year at the end of May. It fits in well. "He is only five and he'll be six for Cheltenham next year, so he is young but hopefully we'll have him for a couple of years. "If you have a Billaway type and can go to Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown every year, they are some great races. We are looking for a replacement for Billaway and he might be it. A better-jumping replacement!" Additional reporting by Donal Murphy
