IT has been a strong start to the season in the hunter chase division. Last Sunday’s Carey Glass Hunters Chase was the fifth such race of the campaign thus far, and they have each produced five different winners.

After Grange Island opened the season in the division when winning at Fairyhouse for Liam Burke, Emmet Mullins became the only trainer to have won more than one hunter chase this season with the Christmas successes of Its On The Line and Romeo Magico at Down Royal and Limerick respectively.