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I have no problem with where they are trained but I do have a problem with one yard having so much of the power. I suppose I've never seemed to have the same ill feelings towards the Ballydoyle operation as I do the Mullins yard.

I think there had been numerous things that had irked me but I think when I looked at the Triumph and saw wow Willie doesn't have one of the first 3 in the betting, so he sends 11 unexposed 4 years olds. I passed comment on another forum prior to the race that it'd be a brave man to be lumping on either of the favourites will Willie sending that many as at least one of them would probably turn out to be good enough and as it turns out it did. It's certainly not sour grapes from me as I wasn't on either of the first couple in the betting.

It wafted me back to last year when he took the title and sent a host of unexposed 2 and a half milers to the Scottish national and did he have 4 out of the first 6 home or something stupid like that.

I quite like Mullins as a man from what I've seen of him anyway even with all the shenanigans of where his horses are running at the festival each year but I hate to see this domination from a single yard when I think there are so many smaller yards trainers busting a gut day in day out who'd benefit from a few more good horses.

<blockquote data-quote="Danny" data-source="post: 2696353" data-attributes="member: 66109">I have no problem with where they are trained&nbsp; but I do have a problem with one yard having so much of the power. I suppose I&#039;ve never seemed to have the same ill feelings towards the Ballydoyle operation as I do the Mullins yard. I think there had been numerous things that had irked me but I think when I looked at the Triumph and saw wow Willie doesn&#039;t have one of the first 3 in the betting, so he sends 11 unexposed 4 years olds. I passed comment on another forum prior to the race that it&#039;d be a brave man to be lumping on either of the favourites will Willie sending that many as at least one of them would probably turn out to be good enough and as it turns out it did. It&#039;s certainly not sour grapes from me as I wasn&#039;t on either of the first couple in the betting.It wafted me back to last year when he took the title and sent a host of unexposed 2 and a half milers to the Scottish national and did he have 4 out of the first 6 home or something stupid like that. I quite like Mullins as a man from what I&#039;ve seen of him anyway even with all the shenanigans of where his horses are running at the festival each year but I hate to see this domination from a single yard when I think there are so many smaller yards trainers busting a gut day in day out who&#039;d benefit from a few more good horses.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Danny, post: 2696353, member: 66109"] I have no problem with where they are trained but I do have a problem with one yard having so much of the power. I suppose I've never seemed to have the same ill feelings towards the Ballydoyle operation as I do the Mullins yard. I think there had been numerous things that had irked me but I think when I looked at the Triumph and saw wow Willie doesn't have one of the first 3 in the betting, so he sends 11 unexposed 4 years olds. I passed comment on another forum prior to the race that it'd be a brave man to be lumping on either of the favourites will Willie sending that many as at least one of them would probably turn out to be good enough and as it turns out it did. It's certainly not sour grapes from me as I wasn't on either of the first couple in the betting. It wafted me back to last year when he took the title and sent a host of unexposed 2 and a half milers to the Scottish national and did he have 4 out of the first 6 home or something stupid like that. I quite like Mullins as a man from what I've seen of him anyway even with all the shenanigans of where his horses are running at the festival each year but I hate to see this domination from a single yard when I think there are so many smaller yards trainers busting a gut day in day out who'd benefit from a few more good horses. [/QUOTE]

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