Mullins confident Hurricane Fly will handle step-up

WILLIE MULLINS expects Hurricane Fly to handle the step back up in trip as he tackles tomorrow’s Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

The six-year-old was last seen winning the Rabobank Champion Hurdle over two miles at Punchestown in April and his last five runs have been over that trip.

However, Mullins has decided to step back up to two and a half miles for the first time since he was beaten in a French Grade One in June 2008.