Returning Champ Kiely adds to Mullins' joy of six as trainer starts the new year on song 

Successful by 11 lengths after a slick round of jumping, the bay showed plenty of promise despite his lengthy break from racing and impressed both trainer and jockey.

BACK WITH A BANG: Champ Kiely and Paul Townend win for trainer Willie Mullins at Fairyhouse on New Year's Day. Pic: Healy Racing

Willie Mullins would have been hard pressed to start 2025 on a better note as the champion trainer enjoyed six winners across New Year's Day cards at Fairyhouse and Tramore.

More Coko got the afternoon under way with a maiden hurdle success as the 6-4 joint-favourite at Tramore, where Embassy Gardens then took the feature O'Driscoll's Irish Whiskey New Year's Day Chase at 9-1.