Clonmel tips: Burrows Saint set to make winning return

The Irish Grand National hero looks difficult to oppose on his seasonal return

Ruby Walsh steers Burrows Saint to victory in last year's Irish Grand National. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Winner of the Irish Grand National last year, the Willie Mullins-trained Burrows Saint will be expected to make a successful return to action in the Jim Strang & Sons Kilsheelan Hurdle in Clonmel.

The seven-year-old, successful off a mark of 144 in the Easter Monday showpiece at Fairyhouse in April 2019, has raced only three times since that breakthrough success for the champion trainer, finishing fifth behind Carriacou in the French Gold Cup, the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris, four weeks after his big-race triumph.