Ground worry for Asian Maze

TOM MULLINS will walk the track before deciding whether to let his stable star Asian Maze take her chance in the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.

The race is shaping up into one of the most hotly-contested heats of the season with last year’s first two, Brave Inca and Macs Joy, dual champion hurdler Hardy Eustace, and new kids on the block Hide The Evidence and Lounaos set to take part.

But Mullins is concerned about letting the eight-year-old mare take her chance on testing ground after a disappointing showing in the Hatton’s Grace.