RAIN or no rain National Hunt trainers are getting to the point where they must get a run into some of their better horses to at least get them started on a path to bigger prizes in the season.

That was the case last Sunday where Willie Mullins got runs into Kopek Des Bordes, Anzadam and Love Me Tender. He will have been satisfied by the performances of them all, even Kopek Des Bordes who tasted defeat at odds of 1/4.