Mares Hurdle the likely target for Annie Willie Mullins is leaning towards running Annie Power in the OLBG Mares' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on March 10. The high-class seven-year-old is also in contention for the Stan James Champion Hurdle and the Ladbrokes World Hurdle, in which she lost her unbeaten record to More Of That last season. But the County Carlow handler told the Irish Times : "Annie is fine and back riding out, and the mares' (hurdle) looks the most likely race for her." Annie Power has this season been held up by a leg problem which led to her withdrawal from the Hatton's Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse in November. Mullins' inmate has not been seen on a racecourse since last May, when she won Punchestown's Grade One Mares' Champion Hurdle by seven lengths.
