Mullins - Quevega in great form ahead of festival

Willie Mullins has issued an upbeat bulletin about the rarely-sighted but brilliant mare Quevega.

She has won the last three renewals of the OLBG-sponsored David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle, and is an odds-on favourite to make it four next month.

Apart from her first season with Mullins, Quevega has made a winning seasonal reappearance in the race, a preparation that is virtually unheard off, but seems to suit the eight-year-old well.

“She’s in great form. She was in terrific form about three weeks ago and she just went out of sorts a little bit so I gave her 10 easy days,” Mullins told At The Races.

“Now she’s back, good and firing again. She wouldn’t have run, but it meant I would have had nothing to do with her other than keep her ticking over. I like to get them ready, then if anything goes wrong you can give them a bit of a break, rather than build them up totally for the Festival. It seems to work and she takes her training well that way. I’m very pleased with her.”