NOTHING creates a racecourse buzz like a winning syndicate. A joy shared is a joy multiplied. Just ask the Closutton Racing Club, who have experienced that winning feeling an awful lot more than most.

Almost 40% of the time to be exact. Yes, 40%, that’s the approximate strike-rate of the syndicate who lease mares from highly respected breeders and place them in training with the main man, Willie Mullins. But of all their wins, one means more than most. Shewearsitwell’s victory in the Grade 3 Mares Hurdle at the Leopardstown Christmas Festival was the product of lots of hard work by some very dedicated people and was a classic case of triumph over adversity.