Echoes In Rain won the Connaght Hotel Qualified Riders Handicap in good style at Galway on Monday for her owners Barnane Stud, trainer Willie Mullins and jockey Patrick Mullins. The daughter of Authorized was purchased privately by Peter & Ross Doyle Bloodstock Ltd.Her stable mate Maze Runner ran a very good 2nd in the race as well and was also purchased by Peter & Ross Doyle Bloodstock Ltd at Tattersalls December Yearling Sale in 2016 from Trinity Park Stud for 24000Gns. Echoes In Rain and Maze Runner will now be aimed at The Irish Cesarewitch at the Curragh in late September.
Echoes In Rain wins @ConnachtHotel QR Handicap for Barnane Stud @kiesy_22 @WillieMullinsNH Patrick Mullins congrats purchased privately with @HaroldKirk_ @PWJ1967 @HRIOwners @HRIRacing @bloodstocknews @rpbloodstock https://t.co/cSgxqIQsEd
— Doyle Racing (@Doyle_Racing) July 25, 2022
It’s Mullins at the #GalwayRaces again! 🎆 Just about the only big race for amateurs that Patrick Mullins was still to win – and that’s no longer the case as Echoes In Rain takes the @ConnachtHotel Handicap on the opening day @Galway_Races for Bagenalstown – a 1-2-4 for the yard pic.twitter.com/qm43HdnQme — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 25, 2022