Masterful Mullins reaches 100 Cheltenham winners with Champion Bumper success

Fittingly, the horse was ridden by Willie Mullins's son Patrick. 
Masterful Mullins reaches 100 Cheltenham winners with Champion Bumper success

Trainer Willie Mullins, who had his 100th Cheltenham winner, on day two of the Festival. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Willie Mullins reached the magical 100-winner mark at the Cheltenham Festival as the Patrick Mullins-ridden Jasmin De Vaux provided him with a 13th victory in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper.

It is 29 years since the master of Closutton broke his Festival duck with Tourist Attraction in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle. Twelve months later he trained and rode Wither Or Which to claim his first Champion Bumper success.

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