Battling a bad back hasn’t interfered with Willie Mullins’s eye for detail and what he spotted about King Rasko Grey’s tummy could be crucial to the outcome of Cheltenham’s Turners Novice Hurdle on Wednesday.

After travelling like a winner for much of a Grade One contest at last month’s Dublin Racing Festival, King Rasko Grey emerged worst in a memorable three-way finish behind Talk The Talk and Ballyfad. A short head and half a length were the margins.

Ballyfad is in the mix again, along with his Grade One-winning stable companion Skylight Hustle, and there are prime home hopes in No Drama This End and Act Of Innocence. I’ll Sort That also brings Grade One-winning form to the mix.

Mullins has six shots at notching an eighth victory in the race, no

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