Trainer Mullins prepares formidable team

Champion trainer Willie Mullins believes he has his strongest ever team with which to go to war with this season – a statement which will no doubt fill his contemporaries with dread.

Mullins’ list of established stars is frightening with the likes of Hurricane Fly, Annie Power, Vautour, Un De Sceaux and Faugheen all likely to pick up major prizes at some point during the season.