Willie Mullins in treble form at Leopardstown with just a week to Cheltenham Festival

Eurotiep and Aubrey McMahon win the Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown Racecourse. Picture: Healy Racing

Just a week before Cheltenham, Willie Mullins registered a treble in Leopardstown, including an all-the-way victory for 1/6 shot Eurotiep in the Connolly’s RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Novice Hurdle.

The seven-year-old, successful on his hurdling bow in Thurles, when giving rider Aubrey McMahon his first success over flights, dictated the pace and, having been pressed briefly after the second last by Gevrey, stayed on up the straight to keep that rival at bay by two and a quarter lengths in the four-runner affair.