OVER the course of the two-day Dublin Racing Festival, 19 horses went to post carrying the green, white and gold colours of owner John P McManus. Four of them, all trained by Willie Mullins, returned to the winners’ enclosure, Kaid d’Authie (Choeur Du Nord) in the Ladbrokes Novice Chase, Majborough (Martinborough) in the Ladbrokes Dublin Chase, Narciso Has (Doctor Dino) in the Gannon’s City Recovery & Recycling Services Juvenile Hurdle, and Fact To File (Poliglote) in the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup Chase. All four were ridden by Mark Walsh.

Majborough and Fact To File have been reviewed in depth previously, thanks to other Grade 1 wins, while Narciso Has appears this week in the piece on his sire. Kaid d’Authie is a new Grade 1 winner, and he represented the owner, trainer and jockey combo that took this race two years ago with Fact To File. Mullins has now won six of the last seven editions of this chase, and what a collection of horses he has triumphed with.