Colreevy new favourite for Mares’ Chase after Thurles successAllaho challenging Min for head of market in Ryanair ChasePaul 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 and briefly looked a significant danger to the 10-11 favourite.