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28th April 2018
09:59pm BST

As usual, it was utter domination for the yard in the bumper races while up and coming Benie Des Dieux confirmed on Saturday that her Cheltenham victory over Apples Jade was no fluke as she made it two in a row.
It's easy to say that Mullins' success can be put down to the number of horses at his disposal but the reason he has all of these horses is because he is the best trainer and the owners want their horses to be given the best chance of success. They see the most secure way of doing this as putting their thoroughbreds under the care of the best trainer.
Just like all who succeed in sport, supreme dedication, a whole lot of single mindedness and plenty of drive has got him to where he is today.
Mullins has an insatiable appetite for success and that's what sustains him. With Saturday the last day of the Irish Jumps season before the new one begins on Monday, At The Races presenter Gary O'Brien asked Willie Mullins if he would be taking a break for a while.
To Willie, a holiday involves going to look at horses abroad or going to races around the country. That's the difference.
"We'll see. It has been full on, but racing and going looking at horses in France...We do get little breaks here and there," he said.He's afraid he'd fall out of touch if he was gone for too long.
"I'm not sure I'm one for long holidays. I find it so hard to take up the thread again when I come back...It was grand when we only had a small amount of horses. "The whole thing is a trade. Life is a trade...It comes with a lot of hard work, but that's the trade, and if you want to be good at something, you've got to go for what you want."https://twitter.com/AtTheRaces/status/990259515785269249 That's what it takes.
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