Mullins hoping for Silver lining

WILLIE MULLINS has yet to make any hard and fast plans for his stable stars’ return to the race course but reports most of them to be in fine fettle as the National Hunt season kicks into gear.

The Closutton trainer has revealed that his bumper team will not be as strong in quantity as has been the case in the past, admitting that the recession has had an impact on the number of potential owners willing to invest in horses.

“I don’t have as big a bumper group this year as before,” Mullins confirmed yesterday.