Posts tagged Mikael D’Haguenet
Mikael d’Haguenet flops at Leopardstown
Dec 30th
For the second day running Willie Mullins ran one of the bankers of the day at Leopardstown and probably wished he had not. Mikael d’Haguenet, like Zaidpour 24 hours before, was backed with the enthusiasm of those who were looking to pay the Christmas bills, but those backers may still be trying to settle up [...]
Willie Mullins may be tempted by Gold Cup for Mikael d’Haguenet
Dec 19th
It is a temptation that has tested many trainers before. To take a raw novice, whose potential almost goes off the scale, and then ask them to scale the greatest peak of them all. The list of promising novice staying chasers who have been pitched into the cauldron of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and been [...]
Mullins may yet up the ante
Jan 4th
An earlier than usual start to the silly season or the first inspired punt of the decade? A look at the ante-post markets for the four feature races for the Cheltenham Festival shows that there is a need for something to stir as the Paul Nicholls yard has a stranglehold on three of them. His [...]
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