Maximus delivers in another Mullins masterclass

Irish National winner ends novice career with Grade One success in Drinmore

Jody McGarvey onboard I Am Maximus celebrates winning the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhoues.  Picture: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

Irish Grand National winner I Am Maximus brought the curtain down on his novice chasing career with a smashing display in the Grade One Bar One Drinmore.

Runner-up in a beginners’ chase at this meeting in 2022, before going on to finish fourth in the Brown Advisory at the Cheltenham Festival and then on to his famous victory in the Irish National, he is yet another advertisement, if one were needed, for the utter brilliance of his trainer, Willie Mullins.