Donadoni scores impressively in bumper Dani Donadoni stretched clear in fine style in the closing stages to make an impressive winning debut in the concluding bumper at Limerick tonight for Willie Mullins. Patrick Mullins tracked front-runner Red Or White early and let the race develop in front of him before the straight. He eased into a narrow lead two furlongs from home on the Order Of St George gelding and the 4/5 shot asserted when asked for an effort inside the final furlong to post a seven length success. The winner is a half-brother to smart hurdler Beat The Bat, who was fourth in the Coral Cup at Cheltenham last month. The winning rider said:- "He was very keen and I thought that it would affect him at the end but I let him catch his breath coming down the hill. “I thought I was beaten but once he caught his second wind, he has flown. "With the experience under his belt there could be a lot of improvement.  "It is great for his owner/breeder Kevin McCarthy who has had horses with us for decades, going back to Dani California who won an Irish Cesarewitch. “This horse was initially sold as a foal but was sent back as a box-walker but it was all for luck." (Quotes by Tom Weekes)
