Wicklow Brave can get off to winning start over flights

Willie Mullins’ Blood Cotil, in the McCarthy Insurance Group Beginners Chase, is easily the most interesting horse on show at Cork this afternoon.

Mullins has already successfully introduced two smart juvenile hurdlers in Djakadam and Dogora to fences this season and Blood Cotil fits into the same category. He was last seen at Auteuil in May, beating stable companion, Diakali, to win a Grade 3 over flights. The selection gets 11lbs from all six of his older rivals and only Castle Wings rates any sort of danger.

The nap vote falls on Mullins’ Wicklow Brave in the McCarthy Insurance Group Maiden Hurdle. A winner of three bumpers, he has reportedly schooled well and this is not the most exacting of starts to the jumping game.