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Willie Mullins into even-money to win first British title

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Willie Mullins saddled Vroum Vroum Mag and Un De Sceaux to win at Ascot

  PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)  

 By STUART RILEY 6:45PM 23 JAN 2016 

WILLIE MULLINS is now contesting favouritism with Paul Nicholls, and is no bigger than even-money, for the British trainers’ championship after a near £100,000 haul at Ascot saw him advance his claims and strengthen his already vice-like grip on the Cheltenham Festival.

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Mullins is odds-on with three firms, who go 10-11 each the two, while Betfred, Sky Bet and Coral keep Nicholls at that price but offer even-money about Ireland’s perennial champion trainer also landing the British equivalent this season.

Wins for Vroum Vroum Mag and Un De Sceaux netted Mullins £99,662.50 and took him up to 17th in the championship table, which is measured on prize-money, with a total of £411,030, which has been amassed from nine winners and 32 runners so far this season.

Nicholls, whose only winner on Saturday came courtesy of Mr Mix in a novice hurdle at Taunton – for which he pocketed £4,548.60, still tops the table on £1,164,36, some £753,330 ahead of Mullins.

Dominant position

A repeat of last year’s record eight winners at the Cheltenham Festival would put Mullins in an incredibly strong position going into the final weeks of the season and, with the Closutton handler stabling the favourite for 11 of the 28 races at the Cheltenham Festival, that is a distinct possibility.

William Hill go 11-8 about him having seven to nine winners inclusive at the four-day meeting, while ten or more is a 7-4 shot and six or fewer is 2-1.

In what looks a two-horse race for the title Nicky Henderson comes next at 18-1, while Philip Hobbs, who broke through the £1m barrier on Saturday, is a top-priced 33-1 chance for the title.


Cheltenham Festival favourites
Willie Mullins must be rubbing his hands together with glee at the prospect of the Cheltenham Festival. As the bold runners show, he has an enviable stable of favourites. Trainers’ title leader Paul Nicholls (italics) has considerably fewer fancied runners.

 RACE  FAVOURITE BEST PRICE
Supreme
Min
13-8
Arkle
Douvan
4-6
Ultima Handicap Chase Minella Foru 14-1
Champion Hurdle
Faugheen 8-13
Mares’ Hurdle
Annie Power
4-5
National Hunt Chase
Black Hercules
4-1
Novice Handicap Chase Doctor Harper 16-1
Neptune
Bellshill
7-2
RSA Chase No More Heroes 3-1
Coral Cup
Politologue 14-1
Champion Chase
Un De Sceaux Evens
Cross Country Josies Orders 3-1
Fred Winter Connetable 20-1
Champion Bumper Aspen Colorado 12-1
JLT Killultagh Vic 7-2
Pertemps Missed Approach 12-1
Ryanair Vautour 2-1
World Hurdle Thistlecrack 11-4
Brown Advisory Plate Village Vic 14-1
Kim Muir Ballykan 16-1
Mares’ Novice Hurdle Limini
3-1
Triumph Hurdle Ivanovich Gorbatov 3-1
County Hurdle Blue Hell 12-1
Albert Bartlett Barters Hill 5-1
Gold Cup Djakadam 4-1
Foxhunter On The Fringe 9-2
Martin Pipe Diamond King 10-1
Grand Annual Minella Present 14-1

Willie Mullins-trained favourites in bold
Paul Nicholls-trained favourites in italics

 

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