Cheltenham security on Mullins’ mind

Trainer Willie Mullins will be taking the same security precautions as always as he sends his strongest ever team over to the Cheltenham Festival next week.

The Closutton maestro expects to take around 40 horses to the home of National Hunt racing but admits the threat of one of his horses being drugged is never far from his thoughts.

“In any major sport, not only horse racing, there is a risk of knowledge if someone can dope or nobble a major player or team, then they can sell that information or use it themselves and it is just something we are aware of all the time,” Mullins told RTÉ Radio.