i's champion tipster examines every race to point you in the right direction on the first day of the Grand National Festival
i's champion tipster examines every race to point you in the right direction on the first day of the Grand National FestivalWe suspected there was something different about him when he expertly managed The Shunter through a hurdling and chasing campaign to scoop a Cheltenham Festival jackpot in 2021.
“He’s incredibly imaginative,” said Noble Yeats’s owner Robert Waley-Cohen as Mullins produced another out-of-the-box trick to win a Grade Two Hurdle at Cheltenham in January as part of his unorthodox preparation forBut Emmet is not one to live on past glories. Always thinking ahead, sometimes miles ahead, there are new goals with new horses and typically he’s not pussyfooting around.
Like The Shunter and Noble Yeats, Corbetts Cross was sold into current ownership by Paul Byrne, who seems to have a magic touch of his own when it comes to identifying untapped equine talent. And it is striking that Mullins and McManus could have opted for easier options at this fixture or elsewhere, so they have clearly calculated that on this testing ground and in these circumstances, Corbetts Cross has a great shot at one of this fixture’s most prestigious prizes, outside of the National.
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