RACING: Willie Mullins said yesterday he has adopted a "sit and suffer" attitude as he waits for news of whether or not Be My Royal, now retired, will keep the Hennessy Gold Cup.
One Mullins-trained winner, One Night Out, has already returned a positive result for morphine on his initial test and faces automatic disqualification.
However, another Mullins-trained winner, Macs Gildoran, has passed as the morphine problem in Britain and Ireland continues to impact severely.
Up to yesterday, a total of eight horses in Ireland tested positive for the prohibited substance which is believed to have come from a widely used food stuff.
"I have heard nothing from the Jockey Club in Britain about Be My Royal so it's case of sit and suffer. They must be a few days behind compared to Irish labs because of the weight of numbers," Mullins said.
One Irish-trained winner in Britain, Classic Note, has tested positive and the Turf Club and the Jockey Club insist that horses who test positive face automatic disqualification.
