National Hunt Chase

The G2 National Hunt Chase at next week's Cheltenham Festival will be run in honour of the late Maureen Mullins, who died last month at the age of 94.  The move, which was announced by Cheltenham Racecourse on Monday, was welcomed by her son Tony, who said, "Undoubtedly the correct race for a great stayer." The matriarch of a hugely successful Irish racing dynasty, Mullins's late husband Paddy saddled six Festival winners, including one of the greatest National Hunt mares of all time, Dawn Run (Ire), who remains the only...