CHAMPION trainer Willie Mullins and champion jockey Paul Townend combined for a treble at Cork last Sunday, with three horses breaking their respective maidens at the first time of asking.

Navan staged a Grade 2 chase but Townend was dispatched to Cork for four rides for Mullins, chief among them being Cheltenham Champion Bumper runner-up Appreciate It in the I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle.