Following claiming his unbeaten record over fences using a comparatively hard-fought success in the Cheestrings Novice Chase wicklow Brave is prepared to move on this travels.
Willie Mullins’ 10-year-old is a Group One winner in also a Grade One scorer over battles in the Punchestown Champion Hurdle and the Flat in the Irish St Leger.
With Rachael Blackmore on the Jan Maat of Henry Bromhead continually out-jumping the veteran for a long way the affair only included two.
Since Paul Townend started to row away approaching the second-last, which the favourite fulfilled slightly erroneous blackmore appeared the more convinced of the two jockeys.
He was in it wearing Jan Maat down to win by three-quarters of a length and eventually approaching the fence fulfilling with it.
Mullins stated:”Paul said he landed in the center of the very first fence and it mad him for a circuit.
“He then got jumping well again, but the exact identical fence on the next circuit next time around he made a mistake at, but his piece of class in the end won it for him.
“That is his last race that side of the Atlantic for a while as we go to Far Hills for its Grand National Hurdle Stakes in October next. I’d have gone around October 4, however it’s too near the American race.
“That’s our plan, the race is just two miles and five furlongs and then he’ll come back on home soil for your Drinmore (Chase, Grade One in November).”

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