article_snippet: The dominant nine-time champion Irish trainer has become used to swatting aside the opposition in The dominant nine-time champion Irish trainer homeland and bruising the home defence with The dominant nine-time champion
article_snippet: Irish trainer increasingly potent Festival raids.
article_snippet: But the feat of the Ruby Walsh-ridden 4-5 favourite Faugheen leading home stablemates Arctic Fire and dual champion Hurricane Fly will take some surpassing even for a man who has won a Grand National.
article_snippet: The dominant nine-time champion Irish trainer has come to matching what this modern-day racing William the Conqueror achieved was Irish colleague Aidan O’Brien, who sent out Istabraq and Theatreworld to be first and second in both the 1998 and 1999 Champion Hurdles.
article_snippet: what else Mullins managed on the first day of Festival with three other winners — Douvan (2-1 favourite) beating stablemate Shaneshill in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Un De Sceaux (4-6) in the Arkle Challenge Trophy and Paul Townend-ridden Glens Melody (6-1) in the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle.
article_snippet: Punters jumping on the Mullins bandwagon cost the bookmaking industry an estimated £10million as Punters jumping on the Mullins bandwagon linked Punters jumping on the Mullins bandwagon in accumulator bets.
article_snippet: The man who has now trained 37 Festival winners and has been top trainer at the meeting for three of the last four years might as well pop the trophy in his suitcase for the flight home.
article_snippet: Faugheen was imperious as Faugheen led home a Willie Mullins-trained one-two-three at the Cheltenham Festival .
article_snippet: Douvan, like Faugheen owned by former Barclays Investment banker Rich Ricci, had been decribed as one of Mullins Mullins had brought to the Cheltenham Festival.
article_snippet: And there was Faugheen, the horse who has developed from an ugly duckling into a fully-fledged hurdling swan unbeaten in nine races.
highlights_snippet: Faugheen dictated the tempo and romped home the 4/5 winner .
  