Hunters Yarn seals Mullins' brace in Limerick

Hunters Yarn was Willie Mullins' final runner in Ireland before the Cheltenham Festival and he couldn't have been more impressive in the concluding bumper at Limerick.

The 8/13 favourite travelled beautifully on the heels of the leaders and glided to the front over two furlongs from home.

Patrick Mullins barely had to move a muscle as his mount eased home by six lengths from Grand Soir (4/1).

This gave Willie Mullins a Limerick double as El Barra landed the beginners' chase by a wide margin.

Patrick Mullins said: "He has a lot of ability and it was getting late in the season to lose his novice status so Willie wanted to go back for a bumper and keep him for a novice for next year.

"His hurdles run the last day was a long way below his best, he must have had some setback but I don't know off the top of my head. His work is very good and that's more like it.

"He is definitely a graded horse and maybe he'll go for one of those good bumpers in the spring, but he could also go for a graded hurdle. If he won it, great, and if he didn't he would still be a novice for next season."

Additional reporting by Tom Weekes