WILLIE Mullins extended his dominance in the Goffs Thyestes Chase by registering a record-extending ninth success in the race with classy chaser Carefully Selected, who prevailed in a gripping finish in which Gordon Elliott provided the second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh.

Winning jockey Paul Townend was adamant to chart a wide course underneath the trees at Gowran Park and his tactics worked a treat aboard the 9/2 favourite. Mullins described the champion jockey’s efforts as being “as fine a ride as I ever saw around here to win a Thyestes”, with a short-head separating the winner and strong-staying second Dunboyne (25/1).