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BIG NUMBERS: Willie Mullins will run over 80 horses at Cheltenham next week. Pic: Lorraine O'Sullivan/PA 

Around 3.30am on Saturday morning, a giant wheel, which will only come full circle shortly after 7am next Saturday, began to turn in Willie Mullins' yard.

By Saturday, over 80 horses and 35 people will have contributed to the process of competing at Cheltenham, the logistics of which began months ago.