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Preview of this weekend’s racing with Farringdon: April 12-13
Including races at Ayr and Newbury
Shane Foley on Saturn (inside) wins The Leopardstown Golf And Driving Range Handicap in a photofinish from Declan McDonagh on Ethical Diamond (No.2) during the Derby Trials Day at Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin, May 12, 2024

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AS WILLIE MULLINS once again chases the holy grail of landing the Irish and British trainers’ championship in the same season, the greatest national hunt trainer of all time is firmly on the attack on the big races at Ayr this afternoon.

The Closutton handler has four of the 12 entries in the Scottish Champion Hurdle and six of the 23 set to line up in the Scottish National Handicap Chase including the first three in the market place.

In the first race, I think the bookmakers have the right favourite in his ETHICAL DIAMOND (2.15) who was a huge eye-catcher in the County Hurdle at the recent Cheltenham Festival when I think he was given a shade too much to do by Patrick Mullins, eventually finishing a never nearer fourth, beaten some three-and-three-quarter lengths by stable-mate Kargese.

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