A Sandown double via Minella Cocooner and Impaire Et Passe provided a fitting finale to a season that has also seen the Closutton handler claim a 100th Cheltenham Festival success
Ruby Walsh described Willie Mullins as “somebody people should aspire to be” after the trainer emulated the great Vincent O’Brien by winning the UK trainers’ championship.
Fresh from steering Impaire Et Passe to success, he said: “He has made my career and I went there as an apprentice straight from school and he is a genius of a man. “He’s very laidback and he was fast asleep during Patrick’s race at Perth yesterday – I had to wake him up.Owner Rich Ricci has seen the likes of Annie Power, Faugheen and Vautour all thrive in the care of their master trainer.
Similar sentiments were echoed by McManus’ former jockey AP McCoy, with the 20-times champion suggesting that now Mullins has had a taste of the UK title, he could be back for more. “He has built a machine and it goes everywhere. It goes all year round and it goes to Australia, it goes to America – he’s had horses run well in the Melbourne Cup and had horses win jumps races in America.
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