Mullins to unleash close relation to Grade 1-winning chaser at Fairyhouse

Willie Mullins' domination over Christmas has continued into the new year and Ireland's champion trainer is set to unleash an unraced relative to Grade 1-winning novice chaser Hardline at Fairyhouse in the concluding bumper on Sunday.

Whatdeawant, a €62,000 purchase from the 2019 Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale, will run in the silks of Sean and Bernardine Mulryan - whose biggest success came in the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle with City Island in 2019 - and is the seventh foal out of bumper winner Hidden Reserve. He can count Hardline and the smart but ill-fated Sangha River among his relations.

Hardline, a nine-year-old gelding by Arcadio, is the winner of eight of his 29 starts under rules, including the Grade 1 Matchbook Betting Exchange Novice Chase at Limerick - defeating Getabird and Riders Onthe Storm - and the Grade 2 Paddy Power Onside App Novice Hurdle at Navan in 2018.

The Gordon Elliott-trained runner was also second to the brilliant Min in last season's John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown.

Sangha River was another talented sibling, having won three of his seven starts under rules for Ollie Murphy and Barbara Hester and being placed in a Listed hurdle contest at Kempton on his penultimate start. Sadly the son of Arcadio was fatally injured on his chasing debut in November.

Hidden Reserve has also produced two further winners in Wolfslair and Chez Hans, while the now 17-year-old can also count Grade 2 bumper scorer Crocodiles Rock and the Listed-placed Fickle Fortune among her full-siblings.

Among four-year-old Whatdeawant's eight rivals are the Elliott-trained Ginto, a €470,000 purchase from Tattersalls Cheltenham November Online Sale in 2020 and owned by Noel and Valerie Moran.

The son of Walk In The Park is the fifth foal out of Cadoudal mare Tina Rederie and won his sole point-to-point by 12 lengths at Tattersalls Farm in October.

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