Big guns to the fore as early exchanges have a familiar feel

Alan Sweetman sets out the lay of the land as another season hots up

Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins (right): ready for round two

Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins (right): the leading handlers are on course to deliver another memorable end to the jumps seasonCredit: Caroline Norris

The statistics paint a picture.

With the best part of six months to go and the vast majority of the big stuff ahead, Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott are already within shouting distance of a century of winners and locked together on the earnings list at around the €1.4 million mark.

It looks as if we are in for a reprise of last season's dramatic duel that ended with Mullins taking the title for the tenth consecutive time, and 11th in all.

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Published on 13 November 2017inNews

Last updated 18:24, 24 November 2017

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