WILLIE Mullins’ On His Own returned to winning ways at a packed Cork on Sunday, where the 2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up was one of four across-the-card winners for the champion trainer, in the featured Grade 3 Imperial Call Chase.

The Andrea & Graham Wylie owned 12-year-old, who has appeared in two Aintree Grand Nationals (falling twice) and two Cheltenham Gold Cups (second and fifth placings), was gaining a ninth win in the race.

He readily shook off the challenge of the only real threat Roi Du Mee, from the third last fence and stayed on strongly for an 15 lengths easy win under David Casey.

A crowd of 6,200 were in attendance at the Mallow venue and while Mullins himself was at Fairyhouse (where he had winners with Shaneshill and Castello Sforza), David Casey later stated: “He was well-in at the weights and seemed in good enough form. This was a much lower graded race than the Gold Cup but after Cheltenham, you never know how they are until you run them. “He jumped well in front and age isn’t catching up with him yet. He might be one for the Grand Steeplechase de Paris, over three miles, five furlongs, but I don’t know what Willie (Mullins) might have in his head.”

Mullins completed his double in the next, the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase when his 5/4 favourite Tennis Cap scored for the trainer’s nephew Danny Mullins and in the colours of Florida Pearl’s owners Archie and Violet O’Leary.

The eight-year-old gelding had returned following a lay-off at Naas last month and while he disappointed when a 4/7 favourite then, appeared in much better shape today, scoring an easy 13-length win from Rafi De Triana.

On a day when five of the eight favourites won, the concluding Corkracecourse.ie (Pro-Am) INH Bumper produced the final successful market leader with Call It Magic (11/8 favourite) putting up a fine display to win for husband and wife, trainer/jockey Ross O’Sullivan and Katie Walsh.

Trainer O’Sullivan has a high opinion of his unbeaten Oldcastle point-to-point winner: “After he won his point-to-point, there were offers in for him but I desperately tried to keep him in the yard and Zorka Wentworth, who also owns Baie Des Iles with me, bought him and I’m delighted to have him stay in the yard.

“He isn’t really a bumper type and I had been tempted to go jumping but decided to keep his novice hurdle status for next season. He has to step up and up but he gallops and jumps and could be a nice novice hurdler next season.”

BIG WIN

John Cullen is still very much active in his primary role as a jockey but the dual Galway Hurdle winner registered his first big winner as a trainer when his Misty Lady (12/1) landed the Grade C Easter Handicap Hurdle under Andrew Ring.

Afterwards Cullen, who was unable to take the ride on the bottom weight, stated: “She’s tough and takes everything in her stride. She seems to be improving every day and nothing fazes her. We’ll look at Punchestown next for her.”

The winner is owned by Imelda and Mick Lynch, from London.

The opening Mallow Maiden Hurdle went to the well-backed J.P. McManus-owned The Living Beauty (15/8 favourite) for trainer Christy Roche and jockey Alan Crowe.

The daughter of Yeats readily beat Prince Kup by five lengths and afterwards Crowe said: “I won races on her mother (Adarma) but she’ll do well to live up to that but is a nice mare and jumps well.

The other (mares’) maiden hurdle was won by the Willie Austin-trained Emcon (4/1), under Kevin Sexton, who overturned 1/2 favourite A Hardy Nailer.

Danoli’s breeder Austin later commented: “She has been in since Listowel (last September) and coming here the plan was to give her a break afterwards. “We always thought she’d need two and a half and I thought she’d win the last day but her jockey then, Andrew McNamara, said to drop her back to two miles the next day. She was in better form today and will probably go out to grass now.”

The Munster Waste Management Handicap Hurdle was won by the Dermot McLoughlin-trained Westerners Son, who made much of the running to win for jockey Conor Maxwell.

McLoughlin, who won last November’s Cork National at the venue with Vics Canvas, said: “He is a genuine and hardy horse but I thought the ground would be softer than it actually was.

“We’ll see what the handicapper does with him now but I’m also cautious about the ground as he is better when he gets into it.”