Mullins talks Al Boum Photo and Tramore Willie Mullins who saddled 16 winners, which included 6 Grade 1 winners at Leopardstown and Limerick at their Christmas Festivals, will start off his dual Gold Cup winner Al Boum Photo in the Savills Chase on New Years Day at Tramore, a race that he has won for the last two years. It's a tried and trusted formula and with ground conditions to suit, Mullins is more than happy to start off Al Boum Photo's season at Tramore. "It's a good preparation. I've brought him down there for the proper winter jumping ground, which he enjoys, and it worked two years running so hopefully it'll work again this year," said the Closutton maestro. "We've started off plenty of horses that have won in Cheltenham and other big venues, in Tramore. We always get very nice jumping ground down there. We get safe jumping ground - that's key. "I think that's key to the preparation of any jumping horse. "They learn a lot down there too. You're up and down, around a bit, but that's no different from Cheltenham - you're either turning or jumping. "They learn a good bit there as well that they mightn't learn on big flat tracks. "Ground is important for every jump horse. Proper jumping ground is. We're more or less guaranteed, you don't know what the weather can do but you're nearly always guaranteed nice ground down there."
