After maintaining his unbeaten record over fences using a victory from the Cheestrings Novice Chase at Listowel wicklow Brave is place to move with this journeys.
Willie Mullins’ 10-year-old is already a Group One winner in a Grade One scorer over challenges from the Punchestown Champion Hurdle and the Flat in the Irish St Leger.
For a long way the affair actually involved two, together with Rachael Blackmore on the Jan Maat of Henry de Bromhead the veteran.
As Paul Townend started to row away coming the second-last, and also the 1-2 favourite met slightly erroneous, blackmore looked the more convinced of the two jockeys.
He was in it approaching the fence, however, meeting it and finally wearing Jan Maat to win with three-quarters of a span.
Mullins explained:”Paul said that he landed in the middle of the first fence and it mad him for a circuit.
“He then got jumped well again, but the same fence on another circuit next time he made a mistake at, but his piece of course in the end won it for him.
“That’s his final race that side of the Atlantic for some time as we proceed to Far Hills for its Grand National Hurdle Stakes in October next. I’d have gone on to Tipperary about October 4, however, it’s too close to the American race.
“That is our planthe race is just two miles and five furlongs and he’ll come back on home soil for its Drinmore (Chase, Grade One in November).”
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