Masterful Mullins sets new Cheltenham mark for Festival winners

""I didn't realise no one has ever trained this many winners here, but since it became a four-day Festival things changed numbers-wise"

Trainer Willie Mullins during the McCoy Contractors County Handicap Hurdle on day four of the Cheltenham Racing Festival at Prestbury Park in Cheltenham, England. Pic: David Fitzgerald, Sportsfile

WILLIE Mullins was crowned leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival for the ninth time after a magnificent five winners on the final day.

The Closutton handler ended the week with a record 10 victories - taking his career tally at the meeting to 88 - while Paul Townend picked up leading jockey honours.