![]() We were always going to go for one of the big handicap chases. “He’s a big horse with a lovely racing weight (10st 10lb). “Ben has grown up with me he started when he was 15. ![]() We’re looking forward to going for the Coral with a live chance. He’s a very good jumper and was getting tired when he fell at Cheltenham,” said McConnell. “He put in an exhibition of jumping at Carlisle over a trip that was too short for him. Mahler Mission still held every chance at Cheltenham in the National Hunt Chase when coming down two out and made a pleasing comeback at Carlisle over a distance shy of his best. ![]() Willie Mullins’ Be My Royal did cross the line first in 2002 but was subsequently disqualified for testing positive for a banned substance before Mullins eventually won the contest with Total Recall in 2017. When Michael O’Brien’s Bright Highway took the spoils that year it would have been long odds on it taking so long before another from the Emerald Isle was successful. John McConnell’s Mahler Mission will aim to become just the second winner of the Coral Gold Cup trained in Ireland since 1980 when he lines up at Newbury on Saturday week.
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