Mullins’ double on the cards

The unbeaten Pink Hat and classy novice Turnandgo should provide Willie and Patrick Mullins with a first and last race double in Clonmel today.

On a day when the champion trainer’s other runner Kalmann will have Ruby Walsh on board in the Kilsheelan Beginners Chase, both Pink Hat and Turnandgo set the standard in their respective maiden hurdles and should prove very tough to beat.

Turnandgo, winner of two bumpers last season, on this track and at the Punchestown Festival, where he slammed Nicky Henderson’s Captan Cutter (already successful over hurdles at Kempton), will be sent off at a prohibitive price and cannot be opposed in the finale, the Next Meeting February 8th Maiden Hurdle, won last year by stable companion Ballycasey.