Patrick Mullins hoping for golden moment with Gaelic Warrior at Cheltenham 

Should be win the Festival feature, the 36-year-old will emulate a double achieved by fellow amateur rider Sam Waley-Cohen 

TEAMING UP: Gaelic Warrior and Patrick Mullins en route to Grade One success at Aintree last season. The jockey hopes to get the chance to partner the  Rich Ricci-owned eight-year-old in the Cheltenham Gold Cup next month. Picture: Michael Steele/Getty

Second guessing Willie Mullins when it comes to Cheltenham Festival plans is a notoriously tricky business but, if his son Patrick has anything to do with it, Gaelic Warrior will be lining up in the Gold Cup rather than the Ryanair Chase.

Mullins Jr got the leg up on Gaelic Warrior in the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown at the Dublin Racing Festival at the start of the month and finished second behind stablemate Fact To File with Galopin Des Champs back in third in a Closutton-dominated finish.