Talking Horses: Willie Mullins poised to reach new heights at Cheltenham Festival

Monkfish can be one of the reasons Willie Mullins has a St Patrick’s Day to remember in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase. Picture: Healy Racing

After the feast that was last weekend comes a jumping famine with today’s meetings at Newbury and Warwick falling victim to the weather.

On the plus side, both meetings have been rescheduled and the absence of any jumps fare from Britain today provides an opportunity to reflect on the implications of what took place at the Dublin Racing Festival, where the total dominance of Willie Mullins left his opposition — both home and abroad — quivering ahead of next month’s Cheltenham Festival.