Ladbrokes Dublin Chase (Grade 1) | 2m1½f | 5yo+ | ITV4/RTV
Willie Mullins believes Chacun Pour Soi is the horse to end his Champion Chase hoodoo and it is hard to argue with him judging by what we have have seen from him this season.
Victory here would simply provide reassurance that he is still top of the pops when it comes to two-mile chasers in Ireland. The fact of the matter is that Chacun Pour Soi does not need to do anything he has not done before.
Rewind 12 months and he dominated Min by three and three-quarter lengths. It was emphatic and came on the back of a shock defeat by A Plus Tard over Christmas too. This time he is coming here on the back of two decisive wins which earned him RPRs of 171 and 176.
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The big names of Irish racing – Chacun Pour Soi, Min, Honeysuckle, Minella Indo, Monkfish, Delta Work and Sharjah – remain in contention for the Grade 1 races at the Dublin Racing Festival in what promises to be an action-packed weekend that should not be missed.
Chacun Pour Soi, the horse many believe will provide Willie Mullins with a breakthrough Queen Mother Champion Chase victory at Cheltenham, is on course to defend his Ladbrokes Dublin Chase (1.35) crown on Saturday. Stablemate Min, who chased him home last season before landing the Ryanair at Cheltenham, also features among the seven horses left in the race at the latest forfeit stage.
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The Queen Mother Champion Chase is about the only marquee jumps race Willie Mullins has still to plunder and Chacun Pour Soi cemented his position at the head of its ante-post market by purring to victory in the Paddy s Rewards Club Chase under Paul Townend on Sunday.
Returned a 4-7 shot, he glided to an emphatic six-and-a-half-length triumph from his main market rivals Notebook and Put The Kettle On. It laid to rest the ghost of his shock defeat in the same €100,000 Grade 1 a year earlier, and, although Altior had yet to be conquered at Kempton, you would imagine such a polished turn would have left the champion trainer happy. Everything was as it should be.