Rule Supreme sticks to hurdles

RULE SUPREME will run over hurdles at Aintree today after Willie Mullins decided the ground was likely to be too fast for his Irish Hennessy winner to tackle the chase course.

The County Carlow handler had been deliberating whether to send his versatile nine-year-old over timber or fences, but the lack of significant rainfall has forced his hand.

“From what I can gather they didn’t get as much rain in Liverpool last night as they expected, and the ground is pretty good,” said Mullins.