Mullins has high hopes for class act Bob

Trainer Willie Mullins agonised long and hard over which race to send Boston Bob this week and came down on the side of today’s Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle.

Given the way Simonsig destroyed his rivals in the Neptune on Wednesday, some might say that looks a sensible choice, but the County Carlow maestro has never made any secret of the regard in which he holds the Graham Wylie-owned novice.

In giving 10lb to his rivals when dishing out a beating on heavy ground at Leopardstown, Boston Bob emerged as the brightest young prospect in Ireland.