Punters latch onto ‘very interesting’ Willie Mullins runner as he halves in price for £500,000 Ebor handicap at York

A WILLE MULLINS horse has caught the eye of punters after it was cut from 33-1 into 16s for the £500,000 Ebor handicap at York on Saturday.

Mullins has won the 1m6f marathon twice, in 2009 with Sesenta and last year with Absurde, who set off 7-1 under Frankie Dettori.

Now his runner Hipop De Loire, a seven-year-old who moved to the Champion Irish trainers’ yard in July and was...