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The master trainer gives Tony O'Hehir the lowdown on his awesome squad
November is the month when the season begins to gather momentum for Willie Mullins. It's the time of year when Ireland's champion trainer starts to unleash his big-name performers.
Faugheen, the former champion hurdler, returned to action with a spectacular win at Punchestown on Sunday. Douvan, his crack 2m chaser, is on course to make his reappearance in the Tingle Creek Chase next month, and the hugely talented if erratic Yorkhill will be starting his campaign soon.
The return of Un De Sceaux, a triple Grade 1 winner last season, is also close at hand. Djakadam will be back to tackle some of the top staying chases, while Acapella Bourgeois, a superb winner of the Ten Up Chase at Navan last season for Sandra Hughes, is an exciting addition to the chasing ranks following Hughes’s retirement.
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- 'Having a winner at the Cheltenham Festival last season made a big difference - and this might be one for the same race'
- 'We hope he's a Triumph Hurdle horse, so until he tells us otherwise we'll be aiming him that way'
- 'He could make it right to the very top over fences’ - Willie Mullins’ exclusive horse-by-horse guide to his extraordinary team
- 'He's bigger, stronger, definitely getting better - and he'll be a classy horse going back into handicaps'
- 'Our novice chasers are as good as anyone's in Britain - and this one is a proper horse'
- 'Having a winner at the Cheltenham Festival last season made a big difference - and this might be one for the same race'