January

“Any farmer will tell you that cattle indoors are all getting sick because there isn’t enough air going around. It’s extraordinary – grass is growing in January. We’ve had a short winter – we haven’t had one really – and it’s hard for those big three-mile chasers that are running there today. I think I’ve 18 runners today and it’s not that I wanted to run them, but we have the ground and it’s our local track” – Willie Mullins gets the season properly under way after dry winter and firm ground with a Thyestes win for Invitation Only.