Keen to keep on conquering, Mullins plots path for season ahead 

Master trainer as hungry as ever at 66 as he considers what lies ahead for Allaho, Facile Vega, Galopin Des Champs and the rest of his incredible stable

CONVEYOR BELT OF CHAMPIONS: Willie Mullins pictured at the launch of the Irish National Hunt Season today at Willie Mullins’ Yard. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Last season, in Ireland alone, Willie Mullins sent out 203 winners. It’s nothing too surprising for the country’s leading trainer, but for all those who aspire to his title as champion trainer, it was further evidence that, at 66 years of age, there is no lessening of his appetite to continue to dominate the sport like no other has done before.

With the likes of Patrick Mullins, Ruby Walsh, David Casey, Paul Townend and award-winning stable staff around him, it is little wonder many of the hundreds of horses who stream through the Closutton yard reward at the top level.