Just six days on from providing Willie Mullins with a first ever winner at Ludlow, Daddy Long Legs turned the Killashee Hotel Handicap Hurdle into a procession under Paul Townend.
The 16/5 favourite for his handicap debut, having competed in Grade One novice company earlier in the season, the five-year-old was travelling over his rivals turning for home and only had to be pushed out on the run-in to score by five lengths from Harry Derham’s British raider Brentford Hope.
“He showed a huge turn of foot. He was in front way too soon, but Paul said to me the horse just carried him and he didn’t want to disappoint him,” said Mullins.
“He’s a horse that could go back on the Flat and is maybe one for Royal Ascot. He’s still a maiden on the Flat, he’s only had one run when finishing second in France.
“I’d say he’s very ground dependent, in winter time in heavy ground he wasn’t able to handle it. On this ground, it seems to be a different ball game.”
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