State Man gained the Irish Champion Hurdle for the third yr operating after favorite Lossiemouth fell.
The 5-4 probability, ridden by Paul Townend for coach Willie Mullins, was a snug victor from Daddy Lengthy Legs, with their stablemate coming down halfway via the race at Leopardstown.
Lossiemouth had been contesting the lead when falling closely, and almost bringing down State Man.
“I let each jockeys do no matter they needed,” mentioned Mullins. “No directions. Experience their very own race, experience their very own horse and it was setting it as much as be a hell of a race I would say.
“It is disappointing for the general public, it is disappointing for us all to not see what the ultimate end result was.”
Lossiemouth acquired to her toes, as did jockey Danny Mullins, though he winced in ache afterwards.
State Man’s victory sealed the second Dublin Racing Pageant hat-trick for Townend and Willie Mullins after Galopin Des Champs gained a 3rd straight Irish Gold Cup on Saturday.
The pair have been additionally on the mark earlier on Sunday when Ballyburn took the novice chase and Kopek Des Bordes gained the novice hurdle by 13 lengths.
However Gaelic Warrior was a disappointing third within the Dublin Chase, by which El Fabiolo was an early faller as Danny Mullins rode Solness to victory for Joseph O’Brien from Marine Nationale.
State Man will subsequent try to retain his Champion Hurdle title on the Cheltenham Pageant in March, the place the opposition this time is about to incorporate Lossiemouth and 2023 winner Structure Hill, who missed the race final yr.
