Willie Mullins sends a small-but-select team to Clonmel this afternoon, and the Closutton trainer should return with two, if not three, winners from his three runners. Arguably the most interesting of the triumvirate is Yorkhill, who makes his hurdling debut in the finale.

Some very exciting prospects return on a good card this afternoon at Thurles, where the nap goes to Kilcrea in the Thurlesraces.ie Handicap Chase.

Former Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Sir Des Champs made a successful return to action after 691 days on the sidelines, when delivered with a well-timed challenge to land the Listed Boomerang Horse & Country Store Chase yesterday afternoon at Thurles.