Avoca should not be Mist

IT is always a worry supporting a horse from a stable out of form, but we have to take our courage in our hands and row in with Willie Mullins' Avoca Mist in the Devil's Bit Mares Maiden Hurdle at Thurles this evening.

Mullins' charges, Hedgehunter aside, nearly all performed poorly at the Cheltenham Festival and have mostly struggled in the meantime.

As regards Avoca Mist it has largely been a case thus far of unfulfilled promise. Certainly, she appeared to have a bright future in March of last year when taking a decent Fairyhouse bumper.