I know from speaking to Sean O'Keefe's Father that Sean has gotten a good earful from Willie for being to hard on a horse on one or two rides, but, to be publicly stating what he's saying there recently doesn't bode well for the relationship between Townend and Mullins I don't think. Normally Mullins would be fairly reserved to the media so the fact he has said things like this twice over the weekend is a sign there is more tension there than normal, or he is trying to invoke a reaction from Townend to wake the feck up when riding my best graded animals
Luccia is apparently going to Exeter on Sunday (Listed race). Then it will be Cheltenham (agree with you about the MNH). After that she will be campaigned on the Flat this summer.
I think you can draw a line through this effort. I quote from the Stewards Report, 'The representative of Paul Nicholls reported that a post-race endoscopic examination revealed that the gelding, had scoped dirty'.
