THERE are times when Willie Mullins has punters in knots with his words, particularly when undecided on a future target, but his post-race interviews – when not asked about where a horse might run next – can be revealing and the one he gave to Kevin O’Ryan on Racing TV after Saturday’s Opera Hat at Naas was a good example.

O’Ryan opened by suggesting that Paul Townend always looked to have matters in hand on Allegorie De Vassy, but Mullins was not so sure, saying that he thought she was in bother over the first five fences and was ‘not jumping at all.’