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Published 18:35 10 Mar 2015 GMT
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Mullins added: 'What a team effort. Ruby said he was going to make it and win it. This is beyond our wildest dreams. It’s just too good to be true.'
That made it three out of three for the dynamic duo, who had earlier combined to claim the opener, the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, on Douvan (2/1), and the Arkle Chase with Un De Sceaux (4/6).
Both horses stormed to victory and are already among the market leaders for next year's Festival prizes.
With Mullins sitting out the Ultima Handicap Chase, The Druids Nephew (8/1) won a wide open race in a fashion as impressive as anything that Mullins' trio could manage. It was a first Festival victory for trainer Neil Mulholland and a well-paced ride by Irish jockey Barry Geraghty.
Mullins was finally beaten in the penultimate race of the day, the Toby Balding National Hunt Chase, as the father-son combo with jockey Patrick failed to get up on Perfect Gentleman. The race did yield a fifth Irish triumph of the day, however, with an excellent ride by Jamie Codd guiding Cause of Causes (8/1) to the winning post for Gordon Elliott.
The biggest priced winner of the day came in the last as Irish Cavalier came home at (11/1) to give Townend his second success of the day.

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