TOM Mullins believes that he has a live Galway Hurdle contender in the shape of last weekend’s big handicap hurdle winner Top Othe Ra and he knows what it takes to win big races.

Horses like Asian Maze and Alderwood won Grade 1s for Mullins, but it just goes to show how tough National Hunt racing is when you see a trainer like Tom Mullins with no more than 20 horses to run for the winter season.