Mullins pair denied in Iroquois

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Willie Mullins felt Shaneshill and Nichols Canyon were feeling the effects of a long campaign after the Graham Wylie-owned duo finished second and third respectively in the Calvin Houghland Iroquois Hurdle on Saturday.

Though Shaneshill, the mount of Danny Mullins, rallied strongly after the last flight, he went down by a neck to former Irish runner Rawnaq, partnered by Emma Lavelle’s former stable jockey Jack Doyle.

Nichols Canyon, ridden by Ruby Walsh, was another three lengths away in the Grade One at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee.

Mullins said: “Nichols …

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