Fillyoureye brings up doubles for Mullins and Townend Fillyoureye brought up a double on the afternoon at Punchestown for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend when taking the 2m7f ThatPrizeGuy.co.uk Maiden Hurdle in decisive fashion. The Flynn family’s homebred son of Leading Light was adding to a Kilbeggan bumper win last year and drew clear with the front-running Frankie’s Freebie before two out. The 7/4 favourite travelled well to lead off the home turn and was ridden clear to beat that rival by 16 lengths, with Therhythmofthenite all of 27 lengths further away in third. Mullins said, “He needs a bit of nicer ground and needs a trip. Looking at him today I think he needs a fence too, but I’ll wait until the new season comes in. “We’ll find a nice hurdle race between now and the end of Punchestown (festival). Possibly something in Fairyhouse for him. “He didn’t enjoy Mallow. He didn’t take Paul along at all, so we took the hood off him today and I think it made a big difference. “He was always very free, but he’s changed now. He’s more mature and is settling in his races, so it makes him easier to ride. “It probably wasn’t the highest standard of race either. He’s improving and maybe the ones around him aren’t. I was happy to get that and I think his future might lie over fences.” Too Bossy For Us initiated the Mullins/Townend double when successful at odds of 5/4. Quotes by Gary Carson
