Willie Mullins’ Gold Cup hopes bang on schedule

Willie Mullins reports the preparation for his three main hopes for the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup - Vautour, Djakadam and Don Poli - to be bang on schedule with the big race just three weeks away.

The Gold Cup is one of the very few major jumps races to have eluded Mullins so far, but Ireland’s champion trainer is set to make arguably his strongest assault yet on the blue riband.

Djakadam only found Coneygree too good last March and was a good winner of the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown in December.