WILLIE Mullins took the wraps off a rather talented-looking French import in Statuaire (13/8) who was operating on an entirely different level to her rivals in the Randox Health Maiden Hurdle.

This M.L. Bloodstock-owned six-year-old mare hadn’t run for almost 12 months and had pulled up on her previous two starts. However, back in September 2018 this lightly-raced type did reach the frame at listed level at Auteuil and evidently that ability still burns brightly.