Champion trainer Willie Mullins will launch a five-pronged attack on the Grade 1 Lawlor’s Of Naas Novice Hurdle this Sunday, a race the trainer believes will be a vintage renewal.

Mullins, who won last year’s renewal with Champ Kiely, will saddle a battalion of exciting novice hurdlers in Sunday’s feature race with stable jockey Paul Townend booked to partner the Tony Bloom-owned Ile Atlantique.