TAKE IT AS FACT

Mullins' gelding can File second Festival win

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FACT TO FILE is preferred to French trail-blazer Il Est Francais (below) in today's Ryanair Chase.

Willie Mullins has won the race five times in the last nine years and, with no Galopin Des Champs to deal with, last year's Brown Advisory winner should be primed to taste Festival success for the second time.

Conqueror of Monty's Star as a novice here last year, Fact To File produced a huge performance to beat Spillane's Tower and dual Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs in the John Durkan on his seasonal debut at Punchestown in November.