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If Willie wasn't a racehorse trainer then he would have had a brilliant career in the Irish diplomatic service. Just looked at the short distance Grade 1's for novices at Leopardstown over Xmas. He has 16 (I think!) out of 40 odd entries for the hurdles race and 5 out of 17 for the chase. No wonder he feeds the media a load of crap....he probably does the same to owners who are paying him a fortune. Normally when a trainer loses a top horse to a training setback, it's a crisis.  For Willie, it's probably a relief