Crack aiming for Moscow Flyer glory Willie Mullins relies on Crack Mome in a bid to extend his excellent recent record in the Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle at Punchestown. The Closutton maestro has saddled six of the last eight winners of the Grade Two contest, with Mikael D'Haguenet (2009), Vautour (2014) and Douvan (2015) all going on to claim Cheltenham Festival glory later that season. Last year's winner, the Mullins-trained Min, found only Altior too strong in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Prestbury Park and it seems notable the champion trainer has whittled down what was a five-strong team at Tuesday's entry stage to just the one representative. Crack Mome, who carries the familiar colours of Andrea and Graham Wylie, justified prohibitive odds with a workmanlike success on his Irish debut at Clonmel last month. Patrick Mullins, assistant to his father, said: "He 's a horse that shows an awful lot at home. "He wasn't that impressive in Clonmel, but we'd be expecting him to improve a lot from that and we're looking forward to running him. "It's a race with a Grade One roll of honour and he's got a lot to live up to." Crack Mome is a best-priced 12-1 for the Supreme prior to taking on five rivals over two miles. Any Second Now is an interesting contender for trainer Ted Walsh and owner JP McManus. The five-year-old son of Oscar made an impressive racecourse debut at Navan after being sent off an unconsidered 66-1 shot. "Our horse surprised me in Navan and I hope he surprises me again," said Walsh. " It's a winners of one - they've all only won the once over hurdles. "We'll know after this what the pecking order is."
