Walsh Rides Nichols Again Willie Mullins fires four bullets at the Tattersalls Ireland Champion Novice Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival on Friday. Chief hope for the all-conquering Closutton team would appear to be Nichols Canyon, who excelled in the Mersey Novices' Hurdle at Aintree. He will be ridden by Ruby Walsh, while McKinley, Outlander and Sempre Medici complete the battalion for Mullins, who won the race 12 months ago with Vautour. Alpha Des Obeaux, Phil's Magic and No More Heroes have also been declared for the Grade One over two and a half miles, though the latter is due to run at the Punchestown Festival on Wednesday.
