Mullins can hit bookies for six!

THURLES this afternoon houses what can be best described as a proper eight-race National Hunt programme, delightfully only one of them a handicap.

Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh appear to have an extraordinarily strong hand through the card and, rather remarkably, are fancied to land the first six races!

The duo's Shady Willow gets the nap to take the Thurles Racecourse Maiden Hurdle. The dual bumper winner made a reasonable start over flights at Punchestown in January.