Kemboy gallops to Irish Gold Cup glory
Mullins’ runner makes all in Leopardstown highlight.
Kemboy made every yard of the running to win the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown. Agonisingly caught close home by A Plus Tard in the Savills Chase at Christmas, this time he was allowed to dominate throughout. Ridden by Danny Mullins, with Paul Townend preferring the claims of the unplaced Melon, Kemboy only briefly looked in danger on the run to the second last. Rachael Blackmore moved the favourite Minella Indo to within a length of Kemboy but hit the fence hard, handing back the initiative to Kemboy and he never looked likely to relinquish it. Willie Mullins, who has mopped up the Grade One contests over the weekend, had feared the ground would be too soft for the nine-year-old, but he did not look inconvenienced in the slightest. Kemboy jumped the last in fine style and kept up the gallop to win by two lengths from The Storyteller, with Delta Work third.Paddy Power cut the winner to 10-1 from 14s for the Gold Cup at Cheltenham.
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