Willie Mullins has no case to answer in my book

Well, Willie Mullins didn’t half pull a rabbit out of a hat when telling the mighty Vautour to sidestep yesterday’s Gold Cup at Cheltenham and instead win the Ryanair Chase on Thursday.

I first got an inkling this might happen when receiving a text from a former pressroom colleague last Sunday, indicating the possibility of a re-routing for Vautour.

Said scribbler is not given to making silly statements and I immediately knew he wouldn’t have sent the message, unless there was at least some basis for it.