Lewis Tomlinson

Lewis Tomlinson assesses this year's Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle and feels the younger, improving contingent are going to make their presence felt. Turkish Super Lig vibes People can be disparaging about staying hurdlers. A motley crew of failed chasers, failed two-milers and head-scratching horses that both trainers and punters have struggled to find the key to.

Lewis Tomlinson was among the huge crowd as Constitution Hill made a strange but stunning start to life on the Flat at Southwell - he reflects on the Friday Night Live highlight. I didn’t really know what to expect when I travelled down to Nottinghamshire on Friday afternoon, but I knew I was in for one of the stranger nights of racing I’ll have this year. A £40k novice race for older horses is, in itself, strange.

It goes without saying that there isn’t much Willie Mullins hasn’t achieved in horse racing. 19 trainers’ titles in Ireland, along with the last two in Britain. Grade Ones in every corner of the globe. Dominance at Del Mar and Flemington, Neom and Nakayama. Success at Royal Ascot, in the Sky Bet Ebor and a Randox Grand National 1-2-3. There’s barely a corner of a racing world that hasn’t had its prizes plundered by the Closutton maestro.