Cool Comment

Ruby Walsh believes Cooline has to markedly improve to troubled Kauto Star in next years Cheltenham Gold Cup.

The Willie Mullins-trained gelding showed himself to be the best of the staying novice brigade with a 16-lenght victory in the RSA Chase at last weeks Cheltenham Festival.

Walsh said 'We thinkhe is a horse with a big future but on official ratings, he is on 161 and Kauto

Star is still on 184.

'You can only judge a horse on what he is beating and Cooldine couldn't have been more impressive.

When he beat Forpadydeplasterer in the Moriarty at Leopardstown they might have looked to have been going slow but people think it is.

Walsh had wins on two other Mullins horses Quevega in the Nicholson Mares Hurdle and Mikael D Haguenet in the Ballymore Novices Hurdle.

Ruby claimed Quevega is a good little mare Her form was rock-solid she was only a lenght behind Hurricane Fly in France.

I don't know what I'd ride in the Champion Hurdle if they both ran but I quite like that Mares' race for her so she doesn't have to run in the Champion.

Mikael D'Haguenet is a very good horse We were a bit worried about the ground because he'd been doing all his racing on soft ground but he handled it.
He's a horse with a really big future.
Victor Dartnall is dreaming of more National success in the future for Russian Trigger following his victory at Uttoxeter on Saturday.
This year's Scottish version at Ayr next month and the Grand National at Antree possibly in 2010 could be on the cards for the lightly-raced gelding.
The seven-year-old showed he was a stout stayer when beating Flintoff in the Midlands Grand National over almost four and a quarter miles in what was only his fourth race over fences.