Yesterday was Galway Plate day at the Galway Races and trainer Mullins produced a great winner called "Its a Moose " which was ridden by a son of Captain Con Power of horse jumping fame winning easily at a price of 25 to 1. Last night a man arrived in for a bottle of whiskey and paid for it with a 500 Euro note.Of course I asked him if he had backed the winner and was surprized when he said he had. He told me it was fancied to win and he was one of the lucky ones that knew. Trainer Mullins is nearly 80 years old and this win was a follow up to one of his horses winning the Oaks last week.
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