Tank can steamroll plenty more rivals in coming months

Danny Mullins must have felt like someone who had just been let out of jail after partnering The Tullow Tank to success in a maiden hurdle at Naas last Saturday.

The Tullow Tank turned what looked set to be ignominious defeat into glorious victory in a manner that only a really decent sort could and you can hardly wait to see him in action again.

It is never clever to be getting overly carried away when a horse has just won a maiden — such beasties are a dime a dozen — but this was different.