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Daily Mirror UK
|January 08, 2026
WILLIE MULLINS is “over the moon” with Leopardstown Christmas absentee Kopek Des Bordes as he prepares last year's Supreme Novices’ Hurdle hero for the Dublin Racing Festival.
The six-year-old was due to take on Grade 1 opposition on Boxing Day after making a winning debut under Paul Townend at Navan in November.
A setback forced Kopek Des Bordes to be scratched, but his owner Charlie McCarthy reported “everything is hunky dory” ahead of a tilt at the top-level Irish Arkle Novice Chase on January 31.
This story is from the January 08, 2026 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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