No stopping Final Approach

WILLIE MULLINS’ long odds-on Final Approach never left second gear when taking the McCarthy Insurance Group 60th Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Ruby Walsh nudged him into the lead over the third last and this fine money-spinner cruised home on the bridle two lengths clear of Little Green.

Said Mullins: “Handicaps are out for him and it will be hard to find a similar race. I’m hoping he will develop into a Graded horse as the season progresses.”