TALK about having a high-class problem. In one sense, a highly impressive listed novice hurdle win for Tullyhill last weekend at Punchestown will have come as a relief to the Willie Mullins team.

Having looked a top-class prospect in bumpers last season, the £220,000 point-to-point recruit needed to prove he was still the same horse after blowing out badly at 1/8 on his hurdling debut, and winning a maiden hurdle that probably lacked depth at Naas last month. He answered the call pretty emphatically.