David Casey has been Willie Mullins’ trusted assistant for 11 years and strongly fancies Majborough within the Champion Chase and Reality To File within the Ryanair.
Coach Willie Mullins (Picture: Getty)
David Casey has served as Willie Mullins’ trusted assistant since hanging up his boots 11 years in the past. The jockey partnered the Closutton maestro from the age of 17, claiming main victories together with two Irish Hennessys, the Galway Plate and the Thyestes Chase, alongside the 2002 Grand Annual Chase at Cheltenham aboard Fadoudal Du Cochet and the Royal and SunAlliance Chase on Rule Supreme in 2004.
Casey’s driving profession concluded with Lengthy Canine’s triumph in a novice hurdle at Listowel on Kerry Nationwide day in 2015. Shortly afterwards, he travelled with Max Dynamite to Australia for the Melbourne Cup. The 50-year-old stays integral to the Mullins operation and holds excessive hopes for 2 secure runners at subsequent week’s Cheltenham Competition – Reality To File within the Ryanair and Majborough within the Champion Chase.
Irish Gold Cup winner Reality To File stays a possible supplementary entry for Cheltenham’s Gold Cup, although the betting markets strongly point out he’ll as an alternative defend his Ryanair Chase title. Casey is satisfied he would be the one to beat ought to he line up in Thursday’s contest.
He added: “JP, his group and Willie will resolve the place they need to go however he is clearly the reigning champion from the Ryanair final 12 months and if he runs within the Ryanair, I believe he’ll take all of the beating.”
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