Cheltenham Festival 2024 LIVE: Day 2 Willie Mullins eyes 100th ...

'He has made the most of everything he has been able to'published at 18:02

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Winning jockey Patrick Mullins, speaking to Racing TV about what makes his dad Willie so successful: "In his early 60s instead of consolidating, he went out and got more horses and more owners.

"Then there's the calibre of staff here and the owners he has built. He has made the very most of everything he has been able to."

What's it like working with him? "Several headaches. He could say something one day and then give out the next day for doing it. He is always chopping and changing. He can't be told no. He has outside the box thinking, at times it can be like man from the moon, but enough times it works.

"He is a funny man in that the more you try to tell him to do something, the more he will try to do the opposite!"

On Jasmin Du Vaux: "This horse had nothing going against him. When I had a look under the bonnet there was plenty there.

"I wanted him wide. He was probably further back than I'd have liked but every time I wanted him to make the ground he was able to do it."