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Bumper winner completes treble for Willie

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Sent off the 8/13 favourite, Green Hint sauntered to a facile win in the concluding Kinisla Farm & Home Store (Pro/Am) Flat Race at Listowel.

A point-to-point winner for Stuart Crawford and runner-up on both previous bumper starts, the Crystal Ocean grey raced close to the pace throughout and easily went clear in the straight to beat market rival Sir Vinny by seven and a half lengths.

Patrick Mullins was on board and, after Ocastle Des Mottes , it was a second winner of the afternoon for Simon Munir and Isaac Souede.

Completing a treble on day one of the Harvest Festival, winning trainer Willie Mullins remarked “He is a nice horse and one could say he is a winter horse, but we just got him ready earlier. He finished second in the Goffs Defender Bumper and looks a nice winter type.

"I'll have a word with the owners and see if they want to go hurdling, or stay bumpering, this season. The way he did that today, he could be one for the Cheltenham bumper as he'll improve away, so we'll see."

Additional reporting by Tom Weekes

About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.