Willie Mullins
Welcome to our profile of leading Irish jumps Trainer Willie Mullins.
William Peter Mullins, an Irish racehorse trainer and former jockey, was born on September 15, 1956.
He trained Hurricane Fly, who won the 2011 and 2013 Champion Hurdle, Hedgehunter, who won the 2005 Grand National, and Vautour, who won the 2016 Ryanair Chase.
Additionally, he is Quevega’s trainer. Quevega has won the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle six times.
He received recognition in their esteemed hall of fame and is the leading and most successful trainer at the Cheltenham festival.
He trained a festival-record 10 winners in 2022. Check out all Willie Mullins’s best chances at Cheltenham Festival 2023.
find out more about Willie Mullins in our guide:
Contents
- 1 Willie Mullins Runners Today
- 2 Willie Mullins Recent Form
- 3 Willie Mullins – Key Stats
- 4 Trainer Profile – Willie Mullins
- 5 Willie Mullins – Key Trainer Stats
- 6 Willie Mullins’s Big Race Wins
- 7 Willie Mullins’s Most Famous Victories
- 8 Summary of Trainer Willie Mullins
- 9 Other Leading Horse Racing Trainers
Willie Mullins Runners Today
Here are all the Willie Mullins horses running today and future entries.
Time/date | Course | Distance | Class | Horse | Jockey |
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14:15 30th Mar 23 | Limerick | 2m 5f | Macdermott (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:10 30th Mar 23 | Limerick | 2m 3f | Acquaintances (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:10 30th Mar 23 | Limerick | 2m 3f | Junta Marvel (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:22 30th Mar 23 | Naas | 2m 52y | Mirazur West (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:22 30th Mar 23 | Naas | 2m 52y | Surf Club (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:22 30th Mar 23 | Naas | 2m 52y | Toad Hall (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Lot of Joy (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Hauturiere (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Ashroe Diamond (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Night And Day | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Got Glory (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Eabha Grace (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Nikini (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Zenta (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Je Garde (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Pink In The Park (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
14:35 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f 55y | Saylavee (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Gaillard Du Mesnil (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Flame Bearer (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | El Fabiolo (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Appreciate It (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Adamantly Chosen (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Ha D'Or (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Authorized Art (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Bronn (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Saint Roi (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Allegorie De Vassy (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Dinoblue (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Sir Gerhard (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Saldier (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | James Du Berlais (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | Kilcruit (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
16:55 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m 4f | I Am Maximus (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:30 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m | Sip Sip Hooray (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:30 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m | Punch Perfect | Unknown Jockey | |
17:30 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m | Catch Yourself On (USA) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:30 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m | Fishery Lane (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:30 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m | Cobalt King | Unknown Jockey | |
17:30 9th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 2m | On Cloud Wine | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Egality Mans (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | El Barra (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Dolcita (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Adamantly Chosen (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Franco De Port (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Burrows Saint (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Carefully Selected (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Captain Kangaroo (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Stattler (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Tenzing (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Gaillard Du Mesnil (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Recite A Prayer (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | I Am Maximus (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:00 10th Apr 23 | Fairyhouse | 3m 5f 50y | Mr Incredible (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
17:15 15th Apr 23 | Aintree | 4m 2f 74y | C1 | Gaillard Du Mesnil (FR) | Unknown Jockey |
17:15 15th Apr 23 | Aintree | 4m 2f 74y | C1 | Carefully Selected (IRE) | Unknown Jockey |
17:15 15th Apr 23 | Aintree | 4m 2f 74y | C1 | Capodanno (FR) | Unknown Jockey |
17:15 15th Apr 23 | Aintree | 4m 2f 74y | C1 | Franco De Port (FR) | Unknown Jockey |
17:15 15th Apr 23 | Aintree | 4m 2f 74y | C1 | Burrows Saint (FR) | Unknown Jockey |
17:15 15th Apr 23 | Aintree | 4m 2f 74y | C1 | Mr Incredible (IRE) | Unknown Jockey |
17:15 15th Apr 23 | Aintree | 4m 2f 74y | C1 | Captain Kangaroo (IRE) | Unknown Jockey |
17:15 15th Apr 23 | Aintree | 4m 2f 74y | C1 | Recite A Prayer (IRE) | Unknown Jockey |
18:00 25th Apr 23 | Punchestown | 2m 100y | Monsieur Le Fuzz (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
18:00 25th Apr 23 | Punchestown | 2m 100y | Milo Lises (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
18:00 25th Apr 23 | Punchestown | 2m 100y | Predators Gold (FR) | Unknown Jockey | |
18:00 25th Apr 23 | Punchestown | 2m 100y | Mrs P (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
18:00 25th Apr 23 | Punchestown | 2m 100y | Ballygunner Castle (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
18:00 25th Apr 23 | Punchestown | 2m 100y | Marie's March (IRE) | Unknown Jockey | |
18:00 25th Apr 23 | Punchestown | 2m 100y | Cool Park (IRE) | Unknown Jockey |
Many punters are regularly searching for “w mullins runners today” due to the yard being voted in the top in-form trainers for March 2023.
Willie Mullins Recent Form
Period | Runs | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Win% | £ level stake |
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Season (Combined ) | 516 | 65 | 53 | 51 | 12.6 | -69.96 |
Willie Mullins – Key Stats
Name – Willie Mullins
Date of Birth – 15 September 1956
Birthplace – Goresbridge, County Kilkenny
Racing Yard – Closutton, County Carlow
Big Wins: Cheltenham Gold Cup, Aintree Grand National, Champion Hurdle, Stayers Hurdle, Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Arkle Trophy, Ryanair Chase, Triumph Hurdle, Irish Gold Cup, Punchestown Gold Cup, Irish Champion Hurdle, Irish St Leger, King George VI Chase, Tingle Creek Chase, Betway Bowl, Irish Grand National and many more!
Trainer Profile – Willie Mullins
Willie is the son of Irish National Hunt trainer Paddy Mullins.
He was a very successful amateur rider, being leading amateur in Ireland six times.
He rode a Cheltenham Festival winner aboard Wither Or Which in the 1996 Champion Bumper.
He learned his trade as assistant to his father Paddy Mullins and also Jim Bolger before obtaining his own licence in 1988.
Willie Mullins – Key Trainer Stats
The early days of his training career was steady rather than spectacular. He chalked up his first 50 in 1996-97 but did not record his first century until the 2007-08 season. He has trained 100 or more winners every season since.
Mullins’s most prolific season came in 2017-18 when he trained 212 winners from 797 runners.
He has been a champion trainer in Ireland a remarkable 15 times.
He consistently posts some impressive stats with a strike rate between 25 and 30 per cent.
Willie Mullins’s Big Race Wins
Mullins has won most of the major prizes in National Hunt racing.
He won the Aintree Grand National with Hedgehunter in 2005 but had to wait until 2019 before claiming the Cheltenham Gold Cup for the first time with Al Boum Photo. The horse followed up in 2020 but was beaten in his hat-trick bid.
Hurricane Fly won two Champion Hurdles at Cheltenham (2011 and 2013), a race Mullins also won with Faugheen (2015) and Annie Power (2016).
Hurricane Fly also won five Irish Champion Hurdles and four Punchestown Champion Hurdles. Mullins has eleven Irish Gold Cup victories to his credit, the first four courtesy of Florida Pearl.
Florida Pearl also won the King George VI Chase at Kempton in 2001.
Un De Sceaux was another prolific winner for the yard, his victories including the Ryanair Chase and three successive wins in the Clarence House Chase.
Mullins has also become a major force in staying races on the flat, specialising in valuable handicaps but also claiming Classic success in the Irish St Leger with Wicklow Brave (2016).
Willie Mullins’s Most Famous Victories
Hedgehunter’s Grand National win was not unexpected, the gelding having run superbly a year previously before falling at the last. Long-time stable jockey Ruby Walsh rode the horse with supreme confidence in 2005, preserving enough energy to quicken 12 lengths clear on the run-in.
Al Boum Photo’s victory ended a long wait for Mullins in the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2019. The trainer was philosophical about his chances, especially after his other three runners had departed with a circuit still to race. Paul Townend was the winning rider, a man trusted with filling the shoes of Ruby Walsh as number one rider for the yard.
The Mares’ Hurdle is not the most prestigious event at the Cheltenham Festival but the 2014 renewal will always rate highly when Mullins reflects on his career. He saddled Quevega to win the race for a sixth successive season.
Summary of Trainer Willie Mullins
Mullins has trained so many champion racehorses over hurdles and fences that it is impossible to mention them all here.
He is also a master of training dual-purpose horses and bringing horses to their peak for the big festival meetings.
He sets the standard in National Hunt racing with an impressive strike rate and is the one they all have to beat.
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