Mullins sets sights on Ebor prize

Willie Mullins is looking to launch a two-pronged attack on the totesport Ebor at York, the richest handicap in Europe.Mullins is targeting both Galway Hurdle runner-up Deutschland and diminutive mare Sesenta at the £210,000 prize. With Deutschland guaranteed a run off 9st, Sesenta will need a few to drop out on 8st 8lb but recent history suggests she should be safe.Mullins said: "Both are fine after Galway and they are both being aimed at the Ebor at the moment. Deutschland is holding his form tremendously well, he just didn't jump well enough at Galway, if he had he'd have gone very close. I think he's well up to having a run in it."He added: "I hope Sesenta gets in. She is only three below the favourite (Changingoftheguard) and looking at her rating, horses with similar over the last few years have got in."Deutschland was a classy novice chaser last year, he's won on the Flat, he's won on the all-weather and over hurdles so he's done everything. He's just too good a jumper of hurdles and spends too much time in the air so he lost a length at every hurdle."Sesenta is a grand little mare. She's only 15 hands, she's tiny but she's strong and round - she just had too much weight at Galway in that ground. Hopefully she'll have no weight to carry at York, a real racing weight."