WILLIE Mullins has won the two-mile mares maiden hurdle at Naas that was staged on Monday four times since its addition to the programme in 2018.

He won the first running with Relegate, previously successful in the Grade 1 Weatherbys Champion Bumper. He doubled up the following year with Yukon Lil, a useful mare who showed plenty of versatility. There was a gap of a year to the next winner, Brandy Love, and she went on the following April to collect her Grade 1 victory at Fairyhouse. It is clear that the race is a target always for a smart runner from Mullins’ Closutton Stables.