Paul Townend seems likely to have two more tricky decisions to make before the Cheltenham Festival in seven weeks’ time after Colreevy and Allaho completed a Grade Two double for Willie Mullins at Thurles on Wednesday. Both horses started at odds-on, both were comfortable winners at the line and both then joined or replaced a stable companion at the top of the betting for a Grade One at the Festival.
Colreevy is the new 9-2 favourite for the first running of the Mares’ Chase on 19 March, replacing Benie Des Dieux (5-1), after winning a mares’ novice chase by 12 lengths in little more than a canter. The third-favourite for the same race, is another Mullins-trained runner in Elimay, who ran Allaho to three lengths half an hour later…
