Armed to the teeth: how the point-to-point scene fuels Ireland's jumps dominance

When the Irish arrived at this year's Cheltenham Festival, at which they handed out a 23 to five drubbing to the home team (in case you needed reminding), they plainly came armed to the teeth.

Of course, we already knew that Willie Mullins and Henry de Bromhead, Rachael Blackmore and Jack Kennedy are absolute masters of their craft, so that they possessed the latent talent required to achieve such unprecedented success was no surprise.

But Britain too has its share of highly skilled trainers and jockeys, so where does the difference lie?