Mullins planning another strong assault on Punchestown

Champion trainer Willie Mullins is planning another strong assault on next week’s Punchestown Festival, with Hurricane Fly and Quevega leading his team.

With 12 winners in both 2009 and 2010, he had seven last spring, highlighted by Hurricane Fly in the Rabobank Champion Hurdle on Friday week.

He had also won that race the previous year and will bid for the hat-trick after finishing only third in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham last month.