Faugheen and Annie Power on way back after pleasing Willie Mullins
Willie Mullins offered an upbeat bulletin regarding his Champion Hurdle heroes Faugheen and Annie Power, after they pleased him in their home work on Thursday morning
March 2016
Bookmakers in fear of Willie Mullins’s 25-1 Cheltenham Festival four-timer
Victoria Pendleton: ‘Dealing with the pressure is something I won’t have trouble with’
February 2016
Victoria Pendleton steers her way towards challenge at Wincanton
Victoria Pendleton finished sixth of 15 at Larkhill, while Willie Mullins’s Great Field was backed for the Cheltenham Festival after a Leopardstown win
January 2016
Faugheen puts up ‘electrifying’ show to land the Irish Champion Hurdle
Willie Mullins described Faugheen’s jumping as ‘electrifying’ when winning the Irish Champion Hurdle by 15 lengths from his stablemate Arctic Fire
Willie Mullins bags big-race double with Un De Sceaux and Vroum Vroum Mag
Un De Sceaux’s impressive victory over Sire De Grugy in the Clarence House Chase at Ascot has seen his odds contract to 4-5 for the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival
Bellshill adds another string to Willie Mullins’ festival bow at Naas
Willie Mullins will be aiming both Shaneshill and Bellshill at Grade One targets next after their successes at Naas on Sunday
Talking Horses: Wednesday’s best bets plus the latest racing news
Chris Cook and Tony Paley: A race confined to female jockeys is one of the possibilities now being discussed for a 28th race at the Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Coneygree may face Mullins star Vautour
Coneygree, trained by Mark Bradstock, may be aimed at the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day, where a clash with Vautour could await
Cheltenham starts fairest for some time and a tribute to new rules
New start rules, operating at Cheltenham for the first time, passed a tough test – with only a few exceptions – the Professional Jockeys Asociation said
Twenty photographs of the week
The 20 photographs of the week
The continuing disturbances in Ferguson and Ukraine, fashion in Paris, Golden monkeys, stumbling horses and a tiny chameleon – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
