TWO Grade 1 winning hurdlers were responsible for bumper winners recently, and are certainly worthy of mention in this column.

Baby Kate travelled from the Co Carlow stables of Willie Mullins to Ballinrobe to contest the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies INH Flat Race, and the four-year-old daughter of Champs Elysees (Danehill) was making her debut in the colours of the Gorm agus Ban Syndicate. Partnered by Patrick Mullins, and an odds-on favourite, Baby Kate didn’t disappoint, winning with what looked like something in hand.