Tom Mullins has his horses in excellent health at present and the Cheltenham festival winning trainer won the opening St Johann Ski Resort Tirol Handicap Hurdle at Navan today with the J.P. McManus owned That’s A Wrap (13/8f), under jockey Mark Walsh.

A winner at Galway on October 30, the son of Scorpion travelled well for most of today’s race and in the end shook off the challenge of Ainslie on the run-in, to give Mullins his sixth winner in a fortnight.

Following the race Mullins stated “I was a little worried that we were coming back a bit quick from Galway but that was the only little worry I had.

“I’d say he’ll go for another handicap hurdle next but you probably won’t see him now until Christmas or close to it and we won’t be too hard on him.

“He’ll stay handicapping until we decide to go chasing with him and we’ll see after Christmas if he’ll go chasing.”

By Tom Weekes, quotes from Gary Carson