How many winners will Willie Mullins land at Cheltenham?
Willie Mullins is easily the most successful trainer in the history of the Cheltenham Festival with over 100 winners.
He made history by landing his 100th Cheltenham Festival triumph when Jasmin De Vaux stayed on strongly under son Patrick to win the Champion Bumper, which was one of nine winners last year.
The County Kilkenny native started training horses in 1988 (coincidentally the year I was born) and recorded his first Cheltenham winner seven years later when Tourist Attraction landed the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. Many people don’t realise he has actually ridden a Cheltenham Festival winner too having saddled Wither Or Which to success in the 1996 Champion Bumper.
Willie Mullins has dominated the Cheltenham Festival for the best part of 15 years claiming the Leading Trainer accolade 12 times since 2011 including the last seven consecutive years. He is the first trainer ever to train over 100 winners at the Cheltenham Festival and over the last 7 years where he has been top trainer he has averaged over 7 wins per year.
After a slower start to the season than usual he seems to have his horses firing on all fronts heading into the most important week of the year and with a couple of late changes like Lossiemouth potentially heading for the Mares’ and Final Demand now possibly going for the Albert Bartlett he has the potential to be in for a record year.
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Willie Mullins Predicted winners for the Cheltenham FestivalTuesday – Champion Day (March 11)Supreme Novices’ Hurdle – KOPEK DES BORDES (WON)Arkle Chase – MAJBOROUGH (finished 3rd)Mares Hurdle – LOSSIEMOUTH (WON)Style Wednesday (March 12)Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase – BALLYBURN at 4/7 with talkSPORT BETChampion Bumper – COPACABANA at 11/4 with bet365St. Patrick’s Thursday (March 13)Ryanair Chase – FACT TO FILE at 13/10 with SBKFriday – Gold Cup Day (March 14)County Hurdle – ABSURDE at 5/1 with Paddy PowerAlbert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle – JASMIN DE VAUX at 9/1 with bet365Gold Cup – GALOPIN DES CHAMPS at 4/9 with BetfredMartin Pipe Handicap Hurdle – KOPECK DE MEE at 11/4 with bet365As you can see above I predict him having at least 10 winners at the Cheltenham Festival which would surpass 2024 and match 2022. It really wouldn’t be a surprise if he managed to hit that elusive 11 which would surely be a record that would never be broken?
If he did manage to achieve that it would mean he would train a staggering 39% of the winners at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival which would go down in racing folklore.
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Willie Mullins Cheltenham Festival WinnersYearRaceHorse1995Supreme Novices’ HurdleTourist Attraction1996Champion Bumper Wither Or Which1997Champion BumperFlorida Pearl1998Royal & Sun Alliance ChaseFlorida Pearl1998Champion BumperAlexander Banquet2000Champion BumperJoe Cullen2002JCB Triumph HurdleScolardy2004Royal & Sun Alliance ChaseRule Supreme2005Champion BumperMissed That2007Supreme Novices’ HurdleEbaziyan2008Ballymore Properties Novices’ HurdleFiveforthree2008Champion BumperCousin Vinny2009Ballymore Novices’ HurdleMikael D’Haguenet2009RSA ChaseCooldine2009David Nicholson Mares’ HurdleQuevega2010County Handicap HurdleThousand Stars2010David Nicholson Mares’ HurdleQuevega2011County Handicap HurdleFinal Approach2011Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap HurdleSir Des Champs2011David Nicholson Mares’ HurdleQuevega2011Champion HurdleHurricane Fly2012Jewson Novices’ ChaseSir Des Champs2012David Nicholson Mares’ HurdleQuevega2012Champion BumperChampagne Fever2013Champion BumperBriar Hill2013National Hunt ChaseBack In Focus2013David Nicholson Mares’ HurdleQuevega2013Champion HurdleHurricane Fly2013Supreme Novices’ HurdleChampagne Fever2014Supreme Novices’ HurdleVautour2014David Nicholson Mares’ HurdleQuevega2014Neptune Investment Management Novices’ HurdleFaugheen2014Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap HurdleDon Poli2015Supreme Novices’ HurdleDouvan2015Arkle ChaseUn De Sceaux2015Champion HurdleFaugheen2015David Nicholson Mares’ HurdleGlens Melody2015RSA ChaseDon Poli2015JLT Novice ChaseVautour2015County Handicap HurdleWicklow Brave2015Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap HurdleKillultagh Vic2016Arkle ChaseDouvan2016Champion HurdleAnnie Power2016David Nicholson Mares’ HurdleVroum Vroum Mag2016Neptune Investment Management Novices’ HurdleYorkhill2016JLT Novices’ ChaseBlack Hercules2016Ryanair ChaseVautour2016Trull House Stud Mares’ Novices’ HurdleLimini2017JLT Novices’ ChaseYorkhill2017Ryanair ChaseUn De Sceaux2017Stayers’ HurdleNichols Canyon2017Trull House Stud Mares’ Novices’ HurdleLet’s Dance2017County Handicap HurdleArctic Fire2017Albert Bartlett Novices’ HurdlePenhill2018Arkle ChaseFootpad2018David Nicholson Mares’ HurdleBenie Des Dieux2018National Hunt ChaseRathvinden2018Coral CupBleu Berry2018Champion BumperRelegate2018Stayers’ HurdlePenhill2018Trull House Stud Mares’ Novices’ HurdleLaurina2019Supreme Novices’ HurdleKlassical Dream2019Arkle ChaseDuc Des Genievres2019Mares’ Novices’ HurdleEglantine Du Seuil2019Cheltenham Gold CupAl Boum Photo2020Champion BumperFerny Hollow2020Ryanair ChaseMin2020Mares’ Novices’ HurdleConcertista2020JCB Triumph HurdleBurning Victory2020County Handicap HurdleSaint Roi2020Albert Bartlett Novices’ HurdleMonkfish2020Cheltenham Gold CupAl Boum Photo2021Supreme Novices’ HurdleAppreciate It2021Brown Advisory Novices’ ChaseMonkfish2021Champion BumperSir Gerhard2021Ryanair ChaseAllaho2021Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ ChaseColreevy2021Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap HurdleGalopin Des Champs2022National Hunt ChaseStattler2022Ballymore Novices’ HurdleSir Gerhard2022Queen Mother Champion ChaseEnergumene2022Champion BumperFacile Vega2022Ryanair ChaseAllaho2022JCB Triumph HurdleVauban2022County Handicap HurdleState Man2022Albert Bartlett Novices’ HurdleThe Nice Guy2022St. James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ ChaseBillaway2022Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ ChaseElimay2023Arkle ChaseEl Fabiolo2023National Hunt ChaseGaillard Du Mesnil2023Ballymore Novices’ HurdleImpaire Et Passe2023Champion ChaseEnergumene2023Triumph HurdleLossiemouth2023Gold CupGalopin Des Champs2024Arkle ChaseGaelic Warrior2024Champion HurdleState Man2024Mares’ HurdleLossiemouth2024Gallagher Novices’ HurdleBallyburn2024Brown Advisory Novices’ ChaseFact To File2024Champion BumperJasmin De Vaux2024Triumph HurdleMajborough2024County HurdleAbsurde2024Gold CupGalopin Des ChampsOur Cheltenham 2025 tips and guidesCheltenham 2025 Cheat sheetStayer’s Hurdle tipsChampion Chase tipsGold Cup tipsCoral Cup tipsCheltenham Favourites to back or layHow to bet on CheltenhamMore Cheltenham betting offers for 2025Ladbrokes Cheltenham free betsStar Sports Cheltenham free betsCasumo Cheltenham bonusMidnite Cheltenham BonusTote Cheltenham free betsPricedUp Cheltenham Free BetSBK – free racing multiple for CheltenhamSBK Cheltenham Festival free betsPaddy Power Cheltenham free betsBetfred Cheltenham free betsBetfair Cheltenham Festival betting offerSky Bet Cheltenham Festival betting offerTote Cheltenham Festival – ÂŁ750,000 Placepot guaranteedbet365 Cheltenham free betsBetMGM Cheltenham Festival free bets
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