The Irish and British National Hunt champion trainer won the big flat handicap with Absurde 12 months ago
The bookies are fearing a Willie Mullins gamble being landed at York on Saturday as the Closutton maestro aims to win the Ebor for a third time.
Mullins enjoyed big race success on the Knavesmire on Friday as Vauban won the Group 2 Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup under William Buick, with the six-year-old now set for another trip to Australia for the Melbourne Cup later this year.READ MORE:Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott-trained horses to be sold online
The German import, who boasts a listed success at Hoppegarten on his CV, has had one run for Mullins, finishing second in a Galway maiden hurdle to stablemate Jackfinbar and returns to the flat on the back of a 300-day break. Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown has also been well supported into 6/1 favourite on the back of two seconds to superstar stayer Kyprios, while Henry de Bromhead’s Magical Zoe has been clipped into 9/1 .
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