REIGNING Champion Hurdle hero State Man will bid to join illustrious company at the Punchestown Premiere Weekend when chasing a third straight win in the Grade 1 Unibet Morgiana Hurdle - something only Limestone Lad and Hurricane Fly have achieved in modern times.

Willie Mullins has indicated this is very much the plan for his prolific two-mile hurdler, who has won 12 of his 15 lifetime starts and has never finished out of the first two when completing the course.