Does Willie Mullins Have Any Cheltenham Runners at the Showcase Meeting This Week?

No trainer has had more Cheltenham Festival winners that Willie Mullins (103) and with the top Irish handler also winning last season’s British jumps championship and looking to defend it – this means horse racing followers will be on the lookout for any Willie Mullins Cheltenham runners this weekend.

Willie Mullins Cheltenham Runners at 2024 Showcase Meeting

The new British jumps season started a while ago, but for many the National Hunt action doesn’t really get going until this week’s two-day Cheltenham Showcase Meeting, which runs over Friday 25th and Saturday 26th October.

We’ll also have the ITV Racing cameras at Cheltenham this weekend to cover nine of the Prestbury Park races live – that will include an array of top trainers from both the UK and Ireland.

One of those trainers is Willie Mullins, who remarkably also became the first Irish yard to win the British trainers jumps title in 70 years last season after winning £3,326,135 in total prize money. Unlike the jockeys’ title, which is won on the more winners, the trainers championship is secured on the more winnings.

So, with the Closutton handler expected to try and defend his title we can expect to see a fair few Willie Mullins runners at the big UK meetings again during the 2024/25 season – starting with the Cheltenham Showcase Meeting this week.

Mullins is currently second favourite, behind Dan Skelton, in the 2024/25 British trainers’ championship market with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK.

Willie Mullins Cheltenham Runners: Friday 25th October 2024

Willie Mullins Cheltenham Runners: Saturday 26th October 2024

So, despite being the British champion trainer the final Willie Mullins Cheltenham runners after the horse racing declarations see just ONE RUNNER – FINE MARGIN.

This son of Soldier Of Fortune gelding will run in the 1.45 on Saturday at Cheltenham and be ridden by Patrick Mullins – who has steered him in three of his last four races.

Fine Margin is also no stranger to running in England – having won at Bangor in early September but was last seen pulling up in a Class 2 Fixed Brush Handicap Novice Hurdle at Worcester at the end of that month.

In total, the horse has raced 13 times and won three of those – with five top two placed from his 11 starts over hurdles.

However, despite only the single runner for Mullins, there are many other top Irish trainers heading to Cheltenham this weekend.

It’s worth noting anythng the Henry De Bromhead team send over as they are in good form at the moment.

While John McConnell (18%) and Gavin Cromwell (26%) also both have top strike-rates at the track are others to look out for.