Bookmakers hit by Willie Mullins day one Cheltenham blitz
Willie Mullins is interviewed after sending out State Man to win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Bookmakers were left reeling on the ropes following a Willie Mullins blitz on day one of the Cheltenham Festival - and they fear the Irish maestro will go on to deliver a knockout blow.
Gaelic Warrior got the ball rolling for Mullins and Paul Townend when a well-backed 2-1 winner of the My Pension Expert Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices' Chase.
