Waterford trainer Henry De Bromhead is hoping that Minella Indo can bounce back from his fall at Christmas and as he bids to win Sunday’s Grade One Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown on the second day of the Dublin Racing Festival (Live on RTÉ2).
The 8 year old is a short price favourite for the small but select five-runner Grade One with the Willie Mullins pair of Kemboy and Melon also in the fray.
Minella Indo has to bounce back from an early fall in the Savills Chase over Christmas.
De Bromhead said Minella Indo showed his inexperience at Christmas time, but he has been well schooled since:
“It was his first time up against the big boys. They were going a good gallop and hopefully the fall was just lack of experience. He schooled really well the other day and Rachael (Blackmore) was very happy with him,” he said.
“Hopefully, we can put that behind us and we’ll learn from it. He has achieved a lot in quite a short space of time. Unfortunately, it went wrong at Christmas so we need to get back on track and this looks the obvious race to do that.”
