Michael Dickinson: I would need to write a book to fully explain what makes Willie Mullins so dominant
Another stellar weekend for the all-conquering Mullins saw him win the biggest races on both sides of the Irish Sea, causing consternation within certain quarters of racing fraternity that his strength in depth is a negative for the sport.
Perhaps not since Dickinson saddled the first five home in the 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup has National Hunt racing been in thrall to one man quite as much, with Mullins odds-on with the bookmakers to be champion trainer in the United Kingdom and in Ireland.
