- ‘I was totally surprised,’ says Irish handler Willie Mullins
- Gold Cup winner Minella Indo pulled up after poor run
Willie Mullins felt beforehand that he had a fair chance of winning his second King George VI Chase here. What scarcely crossed his mind was that it might arrive thanks to Tornado Flyer and his nephew Danny Mullins, who came home nine lengths clear of Clan Des Obeaux at 28-1, the biggest starting price for a winner in the race’s 84-year history.
“I was totally surprised,” Mullins, who watched the race at Leopardstown, said. “John Turner, who has a share in the horse, was on to me to bring him over because he wanted a runner at Kempton on Boxing Day, and I said: ‘Why not?’.
