RUBY WALSH ENJOYED a double at Punchestown this afternoon, as he guided Willie Mullins’ Min to victory in the Grade One feature at the Naas track on Sunday.
The seven-year-old was left with work to do approaching the second-last fence in the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase, but dug deep down the final stretch to make a winning return.
Min, the even-money favourite, safely negotitated the final fence and streaked clear with Walsh on board, to record victory ahead of Gordon Elliott’s Shattered Love by a lenghth and a half.
“Ruby was maybe a bit bold there,” Mullins said of the finish.
“But he had to do what he had to do. It was good and the horse responded. He jumped brilliantly and I was very pleased with that.”
Min is back with a bang in the Grade 1 John Durkan Memorial @punchestownrace Chase! pic.twitter.com/nk6IxXoU8s
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) December 9, 2018
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