Mullins’ placing of novice chasers this campaign will be fascinating

ON Monday morning a large number of the press corps made their way to Co. Carlow for a 10.30am rendezvous with Willie Mullins.

The gig, for the want of a better word, was organised by Horse Racing Ireland and, you’d have to say, was a roaring success.

The key to these gatherings is to give the scribblers something which more than grabs their attention and, in the hottest property in National Hunt racing in Ireland right now, Mullins, you simply couldn’t fail.