Mullins makes rare visit to Royal Ascot

WILLIE MULLINS makes one of his rare forays to the Royal meeting with Rattan in the Ascot Stakes today.

The champion Irish jumps trainer sent out Sesenta to finish second in this race in 2009, and his representative this time round was once trained by Henry Cecil and owned by Khalid Abdullah.

Mullins has booked Richard Hughes for the ride and he partnered the horse twice as a two-year-old.