Paddy Mullins needs just one more winner to join Aidan O'Brien as the most successful National Hunt trainer at Wexford in the last 10 years and he may not have to wait long as he saddles two in the opening maiden hurdle at the south east track this evening.

Pari Passu and Tell The Country represent the Goresbridge trainer as he goes for win number 22 in the last decade and Tell The Country with Ruby Walsh up looks the likely one to do it.

A bumper winner at Cork and here in June when beating Ardkilly Cailin by two and a half lengths, Tell The Country looks to have that little bit of scope that will give her the edge over the other bumper winner Freshfield Gale.

Mullins can also score on the level with Brushetta who has a featherweight to carry in the Jameson Handicap and is clearly in good form having run a length second to Nicholls Cross over hurdles at Killarney.

Miroswaki, who won at Killarney, can go in again in the Cork Dry Gin Handicap.

Mr Baxter Basics, one of the major fancies for the Galway Plate after an impressive success at Killarney, will miss Wednesday's big race. The Tom Taaffe-trained gelding came out of that Killarney race slightly sore and Taaffe said yesterday: "He'll now have a break. He's only a seven-year-old and I won't take chances with him."

Two British trained runners that will take part in the £65,000 event are the Nicky Henderson-trained Philip's Woody and the Martin Pipe-trained Art Prince.

Last season's champion amateur Seamus Durack rode his first winners as a professional when booting home a 142 to 1 double at Sedgefield yesterday. The Irishman's first came on Ross Dancer (12/1) in the Stanley Racing Best Bet Series Handicap Hurdle.