THE billionaire owner of Willie Mullins’ ‘very classy’ new £300,000 horse has been confirmed.
And her Cheltenham Festival target has already been decided.
Willie Mullins and billionaire Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary had a public falling out a few years ago but they are big mates again now and could have a superstar on their hands in the shape of £300,000 PoetisaSportsfile – Subscription
The latest Horse Racing Ireland update showed Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud as the owner of Poetisa.
Mullins and right-hand man Harold Kirk saw off Nicky Henderson to land the Cheltenham winner at the Goffs sales in May.
Formerly trained by Toby Bulgin, Poetisa won a mares’ bumper at the home of jumps in April.
Sent off 20-1 under former champion jockey Brian Hughes, she stayed on well up the hill after meeting trouble to win by a neck.
Poetisa commanded a price tag of £42,000 as a three-year-old but her value soared after the Cheltenham victory.
And Mullins clearly liked what he saw, with her pedigree suggesting big things lie in store in the future.
Poetisa is from the same family as multiple Grade 1-winning superstar Macs Joy.
The Jessica Harrington-trained hurdler won over half a million quid from 31 career races, which included nine victories.
And O’Leary will be hoping for something similar from his newly-acquired mare.
Gigginstown House were also listed as the new owners of French import Mino Des Mottes, who it is thought is also in training with Mullins.
But it’s Poetisa who Kirk has big hopes for.
And he had already decided her target for the Festival when splashing the cash a few months ago.
The bloodstock expert said: “She’s a Cheltenham winner already and she’ll only improve.
“She was very classy when she won. She’s a lovely mare and hopefully she’ll go down the mares’ route over hurdles as there’s a big programme for these mares now.”
Poetisa can be backed at 10-1 for the Mares Novices’ Hurdle, with Mullins’ Champion Bumper winner Bambino Fever the 3-1 favourite.
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