Willie Mullins has four chances to break Gold Cup ‘hoodoo’

Champion trainer has finished runner-up on six occasions – but he’s not dwelling on it

Mullins targets Cheltenham with a different sort of festival team

Uncertainty has plagued some of champion trainer’s prominent stars this season

Popular Apple’s Jade Irish racing’s latest favourite mare

O’Leary’s star faces first start over three miles in Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown

HRI insists there is ‘statistical justification’ for mares’ allowance

Douvan on course to return to action in Tingle Creek

Jump racing’s big guns ready to rumble at ‘Winter Festival’

Apple’s Jade attempts to be first in a dozen years to retain Hatton’s Grace Hurdle

Annie Power leaves the stage but there is no let-up for Mullins

Mare will be remembered for coming back to win Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham

Magnificent mare Annie Power is retired

Willie Mullins confirms 2016 Champion Hurdle heroine will not return to track

Apple’s Jade takes centre stage on final day of jumps season

Irish Stallion Farms Mares Champion Hurdle win could be vital for Gordon Elliott

Arctic Fire can secure Punchestown Champion Hurdle

Initial focus will be on Labaik to see how the enigmatic grey copes with start test again

Elliott-Mullins showdown adds to Punchestown’s intrigue

Three Irish challengers among the outsiders in the Scottish Grand National at Ayr

Rich Ricci’s ‘keep buying and trying’ motto hardens at Cheltenham

Colourful American owner reckons Djakadam offers his best chance to win Gold Cup

Buveur D’Air caps another Champion day for JP McManus

Nicky Henderson hails team effort as Noel Fehily ensures Champion Hurdle success

Douvan the ace in Rich Ricci’s pack after ‘diabolical year’

Owner confident of Djakadam Gold Cup glory with a host of his stars ruled out

Limini to miss Champion Hurdle but will feature in Mares’ Hurdle

Connections believed blue riband race would be ‘big ask’ given she’s only run once this season

Mullins delays call on adding Limini to Champion Hurdle mix

Champion trainer indicates Vroum Vroum Mag will defend her OLBG Hurdle title

Willie Mullins has big Cheltenham hand despite turbulent time

Champion trainer insists he has forgotten about last year's split with Michael O’Leary

Willie Mullins yet to decide on Limini’s Cheltenham target

Trainer not ruling out tilt at Champion Hurdle after impressive win at Punchestown

Willie Mullins rules Yorkhill out of Champion Hurdle switch

Graham Wylie-owned star expected to race over fences at the Cheltenham Festival

Jezki on track to establish Cheltenham credentials at Gowran

Jessica Harrington confirms Sizing John will take his chance in next month’s Gold Cup

Cheltenham 2017: Eight stars that will miss this year’s Festival

Ireland’s top trainers badly hit as they prepare for National Hunt’s biggest week

Luck runs out for Faugheen as Yorkhill enters Champion Hurdle calculations

2015 Champion Hurdle winner will miss next month’s festival with a stress fracture

Douvan saunters to another short-odds victory at Punchestown

Willie Mullins’s star remains a 1/3 favourite for Cheltenham’s Champion Chase

Rich Ricci relying on proven ‘stalwart’ Douvan at Punchestown

QIPCO extends Irish Champion Stakes sponsorship by three years

Douvan set for Cheltenham warm up at Punchestown on Sunday

Bookmakers now make Gordon Elliott favourite to claim champion trainer title

Faugheen set for triumphant return to action at Leopardstown

Willie Mullins sends Un De Sceaux and Vroum Vroum Mag into action in Britain

Annie Power out of Cheltenham due to leg injury

Champion Hurdle winner may not race again in new blow to Willie Mullins

Willie Mullins gives upbeat update on Faugheen and Annie Power

Faugheen set for Irish Champion Hurdle run to open campaign

Annie Power and Faugheen set for Champion Hurdle clash

Last two winners headline a 13-strong Irish entry for Cheltenham feature on March 14th

Death Duty steps up to the highest level at Naas

Annie Power among seven Willie Mullins entries for Grade One at Leopardstown on January 29th

Annie Power and Faugheen entered for Irish Champion Hurdle

One of Willie Mullins’ stable stars could be set for seasonal bow at Leopardstown on 29th

Nichols Canyon poised to defend his Ryanair Hurdle crown

Locally based owner Barry Connell bids for success in novice chase with Martello Tower

Plenty of options for Vroum Vroum Mag after Grade One win

Mullins saddles Leopardstown four-timer to bring holiday haul to 17 winners

Douvan headlines Leopardstown five-timer for Willie Mullins

Champion trainer records a total of six winners in Ireland for second successive day

Yorkhill on course to start over fences at Fairyhouse

Vroum Vroum Mag will be entered in both King George and Christmas Hurdle at Kempton

JP McManus’s Yanworth set for Kempton’s Christmas Hurdle

Owner’s star novices Coney Island and Anibale Fly may be separated at Leopardstown

Douvan heads to Hilly Way in Cork

O'Brien's Highland Reel odds on for Vase at the International Carnival in Hong Kong

Vroum Vroum Mag leads Mullins’ charge in Hatton’s Grace Hurdle

Mullins and Elliott set to do battle in ‘Winter Festival’ Grade One races

In-form Gordon Elliott aims to continue momentum at Fairyhouse

Trainer to run three horses as he targets Grade One success in Drinmore Novice Chase

Nichols Canyon ensures another Morgiana triumph for Mullins

Champion trainer seves notice of winter intentions with clinical Grade One victory

Nichols Canyon emerges from Punchestown fog to win Morgiana Hurdle

8/13 favourite bolts up to score for Willie Mullins in a repeat of last year’s victory

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