Willie Mullins Stable Tour: older horses

Form profile

A 156-rated hurdler, he has won four of his seven starts over hurdles, including two victories in Grade 3 company.

Trainer says

I've tried a couple of things with him, and I have a couple of more things to try that I hope will make him competitive. I've been a little disappointed with what he has done this season, but I haven't given up hope on him yet. It's a very open Champion Hurdle.

Form profile

A 160-rated hurdler, he has returned to hurdling this season and been placed in both his starts in Grade 1 company.

Trainer says

He is entered in the Champion Hurdle, but his pedigree would probably rule him out of it. I'm not sure if he has anything fast in his pedigree.

Form profile

A 159-rated chaser, she has won 10 of her 19 starts over fences, including the Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase at the Cheltenham Festival last season

Trainer says

She will go back to the Mares’ Chase, all being well.

Form profile

A 174-rated chaser, he has won six of his 12 starts over fences, including the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March and the Irish Gold Cup at the Dublin Racing Festival.

Trainer says

There has been no decision yet, but it was very impressive what he did in the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown. I'm just going to get him ready to run in Cheltenham.

Form profile

A 156-rated chaser, he has won two of his three starts over fences including the Grade 1 Faugheen Novice Chase.

Trainer says

He wasn’t himself the last day. We were looking to see if it was the ground or if we were missing something at home. We’re changing a few things with him at home to see if that helps. We think he has the ability, but we just want to get that spark back into him.

Form profile

A 172-rated chaser, he was last seen finishing second in the Irish Gold Cup.

Trainer says

He had a hard race in the King George and again at Leopardstown in the Irish Gold Cup. I thought the way that he ran in Leopardstown was an ideal run for a Ryanair Chase. He is a horse that has a very good record at Cheltenham.

Form profile

A 172-rated chaser, he has won 12 of his 20 starts over fences, including 11 Grade 1 contests, most notably two renewals of the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival.

Trainer says

He had a very hard race at Christmas, and I feel that race impacted his finish in the Irish Gold Cup. I think soft ground at the Festival would be a help to him. I still think he can be competitive.

Form profile

A 171-rated chaser, he has won seven of his 10 starts over fences including the Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown in December.

Trainer says

He surprised me last year with what he did at Sandown. I was hoping he could do that at Ascot last time, but he didn’t. I think we can get him back to the Queen Mother Champion Chase with his spark back again.

Form profile

A 157-rated chaser, he won three of his five starts in novice chases last season, including the Faugheen Novice Chase at Limerick’s Christmas meeting.

Trainer says

He is in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran this weekend. He is one I feel could skip Cheltenham and maybe go to Aintree instead.

Form profile

A 150-rated hurdler, she made it third-time lucky over fences when winning a Grade 2 mares’ novice chase at Thurles in January.

Trainer says

She's in the Mares’ Hurdle still, but I'm not sure yet what we will do with her. We have kept her in there just in case.

Form profile

A 148-rated chaser, she has won one of her three starts over fences and finished second in the Goffs Irish Arkle behind Romeo Coolio on her latest start.

Trainer says

She looks set to go to the Arkle. That was a tremendous run from her at the Dublin Racing Festival. I was delighted with her.

Form profile

A 158-rated hurdler, he won three of his four starts in novice hurdles last season, including the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. He made a winning chasing debut at Navan in November.

Trainer says

We are up against it with his lack of experience over fences. It is well known how he did the other day in his piece of work. They went two miles over fences at racing speed. That was our objective and he worked very well. I wanted to do what a race at Leopardstown would do and I wanted to bring him to a race meeting on a race day, but I didn't want the hardship that running in the Irish Arkle would entail. He did it well and the further he went, the better he jumped.

Form profile

A 159-rated hurdler, she has won 13 of her 17 starts over hurdles, including the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 2023 and the last two renewals of the Mares’ Hurdle at the same meeting.

Trainer says

She was disappointing at the Dublin Racing Festival. It’s a very open Champion Hurdle and I’ll have a good word with Rich Ricci and see what he thinks about it. A lot will depend on how the mare is herself. The form she was in the other day wouldn’t cut the mustard, so she might be better off going to a Mares’ Hurdle if she was in that sort of form.

Form profile

A 174-rated chaser, he won four of his seven starts over fences including the Dublin Chase at the Dublin Racing Festival this season.

Trainer says

I'm always happy enough with his jumping. It's more or less about getting him right and he came right for the Dublin Racing Festival. Mark is happy with him and all roads lead to the Champion Chase.

Form profile

A 169-rated chaser, he has won four of his nine starts over fences including the Grand National at Aintree in April.

Trainer says

His owner wants to run in the Gold Cup, but I am not quite sure we will get him there. He has had a few little niggles this season. He rode out this morning and we were happy, but he needs to show me this every day.

Form profile

A 153-rated hurdler, he made a winning hurdling debut in the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and most recently finished third in the Irish Champion Hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival.

Trainer says

The owners are happy enough to let him run in the Champion Hurdle. Hopefully we can have a top four or five finish. I think that is probably the best that we can achieve.

Form profile

A 150-rated chaser, he made it third-time lucky over fences when winning a maiden chase at Thurles in February.

Trainer says

Looking at his race the other day you’d have to be thinking of going to Cheltenham. Though, he has had two poor runs at Cheltenham and won at Aintree last year, so that might be the way that we are thinking.

Form profile

A 153-rated chaser, she won five of her six starts over fences including the WillowWarm Gold Cup at the Fairyhouse Easter Festival.

Trainer says

She has entries in the Mares’ Chase and the Gold Cup, but we will see what the owners want to do.