King's Shantou gelding crowned at Listowel

The Wallpark remains unbeaten for Gordon Elliott after Listowel win

I’d say he wants further and we had him in a hurdle later in the week but we thought with the rain we’d run him (today). He jumped a bit a novicey today but the further he went the better he got. He’s a tough horse and I’d say he wants two and a half. He was good and tough to do what he did there. He’ll be a chaser in time.

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It was a late plan after he won in Kilbeggan and we saw he was gone to 135. He’s a novice that jumps like a handicapper and we just wanted to get more experience into him whatever the ground was like. There are plenty of races coming up like this — the Munster National, the Troytown at Navan and the Paddy Power - so there are lots of options for a horse that jumps like that. He got in as a reserve. Gordon (Elliott) rang me this morning and said you should put your horse in the box as I have one out and we will walk the track and if we’re not happy we’ll take a second one out. It was a real sporting gesture. He’s finished second but he’s won plenty of these races!. We’ve had some lovely winners with these colours and Numbersixvalverde is the one that sticks out. This fellow might start us dreaming again. He’s eight and has had a good time to mature. Denis Leahy won a point-to-point with him and I’d say did an awful lot of schooling because he was always good to jump. It makes the job easier for us. They went a bit steady and I said to Ricky if you are still travelling jumping the third last they are not after going fast enough. I said make sure you are in the van as they will quicken up from there but they are going to have to stay as well. He said it rode a bit slower than they were expecting but he handled it well.

Mullins novice shows his Power with battling Listowel win

He might have been a bit lucky and Paul took his chance. He met the last a bit better than the second horse and it paid off. He didn’t jump well the first circuit but he got better and better. He’s a nasty little cut on a hind leg and he’ll be off for three or four weeks with that. I’d say it will need a few stitches and I don’t know what damage is done underneath so we’ll have to see.

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