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‘Who needs a girlfriend with a horse like this?’

MARES were a recurring theme of the week and, after Honeysuckle took the Champion Hurdle, it was her stablemate Put The Kettle On, stable name Polly (obviously), who made her own slice of racing history by becoming the first mare to win the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase.

While the wait for a first Champion Chase goes on for Chacun Pour Soi’s trainer Willie Mullins, Henry de Bromhead claimed his third to go with those won

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