WILLIE Mullins sent out a short-priced treble at this well-attended Sunday card initiated by the victory of I Am River, who provided Anna McGuinness with her first winner for the champion trainer.

The J.P. McManus-owned 15/8 favourite, absent since pulled up on debut 17 months ago, made virtually all in the Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle putting in a fine round of jumping and keeping on well from the last to beat In The Trenches by two and a quarter lengths.