Mulholland hoping Warwick ground is in Star’s favour
Trainer does not want testing conditions for last year’s Classic Chase winner.
Neil Mulholland is hoping conditions are not too demanding for Impulsive Star in his quest to register back-to-back victories in the McCoy Contractors Civil Engineering Classic Handicap Chase at Warwick on Saturday. The ground was described as good when Impulsive Star landed the spoils by three and a quarter lengths from Calett Mad, and Mulholland will be praying for more of the same. Impulsive Star was pulled up in both his subsequent starts last season and suffered a similar fate on his reappearance at Cheltenham last month. Mulholland feels the soft ground was to blame and is expecting a much improved-display at the weekend. “Everything’s fine. It’s all good and we’re happy with him – we’ve just been a bit unlucky with the ground,” said the Wiltshire handler. “Hopefully it doesn’t go too soft. I think that’s been the main key really.“Hopefully we can get a cleaner run this time.”
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