Be more like Aidan and Willie – you don't have to be an owner to get caught up in the spirit of embracing challenge

There has been much commentary surrounding Willie Mullins and his appetite for having another proper crack at the jump trainers' title in Britain this winter; chatter which has coincided with Aidan O'Brien recapturing the Flat crown for the first time since 2017. 

It certainly makes you think about what these two outstanding racing professionals might have in common apart from having a raft of the best-bred horses to train, and the colour of their passports. 

One trait they share is that they don't shield their good horses from the chance of getting beaten, and it is amazing how often in the debrief after a big-race success one or other will refer to something they have learned by trying something that didn't work earlier in that horse's campaign.