Coral Gold Cup is Mahler’s mission, says McConnell
Irish-trained winners of Newbury showpiece have been rare of late.
John McConnell’s Mahler Mission will aim to become just the second winner of the Coral Gold Cup trained in Ireland since 1980 when he lines up at Newbury on Saturday week. When Michael O’Brien’s Bright Highway took the spoils that year it would have been long odds on it taking so long before another from the Emerald Isle was successful. Willie Mullins’ Be My Royal did cross the line first in 2002 but was subsequently disqualified for testing positive for a banned substance before Mullins eventually won the contest with Total Recall in 2017. Mahler Mission still held every chance at Cheltenham in the National Hunt Chase when coming down two out and made a pleasing comeback at Carlisle over a distance shy of his best.😍 Nice seasonal reappearance
🐎11-8F Thunder Rock makes an impressive return to action in the feature race @CarlisleRaces the Colin Parker Memorial Intermediate Chase for @Sean_Bowen_ & @O_J_murphy91 pic.twitter.com/w8mh8LPbw6— Racing TV (@RacingTV) November 5, 2023
🥊 Corach Rambler vs Fastorslow 🥊
🏆 Ultima Handicap Chase That form hasn’t worked out too bad… pic.twitter.com/uiIPSGMsCo — Racing TV (@RacingTV) April 26, 2023
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