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Last week we went on here about the possibility of Willie Mullins' Arctic Fire winning the Galway Hurdle.
But could we possibly be looking in the wrong direction?
It just puzzled me that Mullins asked Arctic Fire to reappear, only 11 days after he won at the Punchestown festival, to go 14 furlongs, on soft ground, on the flat at Killarney on Tuesday. Arctic Fire, of course, got chinned in the final stride by Shu Lewis.
Mullins rarely does anything without thinking it through, so there must have been some method to his Killarney madness!
Remember a horse of Mullins' called Alonso? Well, he hasn't been seen since running a cracker in the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse on December 1.
He took fourth spot that day behind The Tullow Tank, Renetti and Arctic Fire, with subsequent Cheltenham hero Very Wood in fifth.
Well Alonso, who recently went up 4lbs, despite not leaving his box in the meantime, is currently rated 8lbs below Arctic Fire. We await developments.
Last week we went on here about the possibility of Willie Mullins' Arctic Fire winning the Galway Hurdle.
But could we possibly be looking in the wrong direction?
It just puzzled me that Mullins asked Arctic Fire to reappear, only 11 days after he won at the Punchestown festival, to go 14 furlongs, on soft ground, on the flat at Killarney on Tuesday. Arctic Fire, of course, got chinned in the final stride by Shu Lewis.
Mullins rarely does anything without thinking it through, so there must have been some method to his Killarney madness!
Remember a horse of Mullins' called Alonso? Well, he hasn't been seen since running a cracker in the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse on December 1.
He took fourth spot that day behind The Tullow Tank, Renetti and Arctic Fire, with subsequent Cheltenham hero Very Wood in fifth.
Well Alonso, who recently went up 4lbs, despite not leaving his box in the meantime, is currently rated 8lbs below Arctic Fire. We await developments.