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Mon 04 Apr 2007Mullins's veteran to do the businessAdamant Approach can prove yet again he is in rare form for a 13-year-old and pull off a hugely popular success at Fairyhouse today. Willie Mullins's veteran teams up with Ruby Walsh, who guided Adamant Approach to his biggest career victory all of five years ago in the Pierse Hurdle, in this afternoon's three-mile conditions race.Last month, it was the trainer's 17-year-old son, Patrick, who was in the plate in the Pertemps at Cheltenham when for more than a few moments it looked possible that Adamant Approach would pull off an unlikely festival victory.