Willie Mullins suggests flock of seagulls to blame for dramatic Lossiemouth fall Willie Mullins has put forward an unusual excuse for Lossiemouth’s dramatic exit from the Irish Champion Hurdle.
“I imagine Paul, who has never hidden his admiration for State Man will ride him in the Champion Hurdle, and obviously a lot will happen with the bits of work we do between now and then, see we’ll see how both horses are.
The champion mare met stablemate and last year’s Champion Hurdle winner State Man in a rare head-to-head at Leopardstown on Saturday.
Mullins reasserted that Lossiemouth will head to the Champion Hurdle rather than the Mares’ Hurdle which she captured last year.
The popular grey set out to make all the running under Danny Mullins but, in an unexpected turn of events, she fell four out leaving State Man to coast to victory.
