The first Grade One event of the afternoon is the Irish Mirror Novice Hurdle over three miles and stepping up in trip to the distance for the first time is the intriguing Gaelic Warrior.
A horse who first jumped onto the scene last season when finishing a narrow second to Brazil off a mark of 129 in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle when said to be extremely well in.
Still being not sure how he did not win the race, this season he was going to be upped into Grade One company but firstly he landed a Maiden Hurdle at Tramore by 86 lengths and then took the Munster Hurdle by 15 lengths at Clonmel.
Still feasibly treated off a mark of 143, Mullins decided to sent him handicapping again at the DRF and it was the right decision making a mockery of his mark to land the Liffey Handicap Hurdle.
Having only been tried around two miles, he stepped up in trip to 2m5f when last seen in the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle and ran a cracker to finish second behind Stablemate Impaire Et Passe who looks to be on a different planet.
Gaelic Warrior showed good staying ability that day to suggest stepping up to three miles should be no issue and although he takes on the big priced second in the Grade One Albert Bartlett, this is not a strong race.