Love Sign d’Aunou is the new favourite for the Weatherbys Champion Bumper following a sparkling debut under rules at Naas.
Won by subsequent Champion Bumper winner Jasmin De Vaux in 2024, Willie Mullins' charge powered clear under the trainer's son Patrick to record an impressive win.
Carrying the familiar colours of Rich and Susannah Ricci, the point-to-point winner was a 5-4 favourite for the Aloga Equestrian (Pro/Am) Flat Race and galloped his rivals into submission from the front, coming home with 24 lengths in hand under Patrick Mullins.
Love Sign d’Aunou was cut to 5-1 from 20-1 to provide Willie Mullins with a record-extending 15th Champion Bumper success at the Cheltenham Festival in March, with his rider saying afterwards: “He was very good, he doesn’t quite show that at home. I think he’s probably relentless and has a really high cruising speed.
“Jasmin De Vaux won this bumper before he won in Cheltenham (in 2024), but he’d be a very different type of horse to him.
“He’s a relentless galloper, a big strong horse.
“I’d imagine he’s a Cheltenham horse. He could be along the lines of Florida Pearl, those Cheltenham bumper horses.”
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