There's little to stop the Mullins mob - but that shouldn't stop us celebrating one of the greatest chasers of all time
Willie Mullins won all eight Grade 1s at the DRF last year and he could easily do so again
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Nicky Henderson has been the irresistible force to Willie Mullins' immovable object this season but there will be no such formidable presence to check the increasing momentum of the Closutton juggernaut on home turf this weekend.
A handful of British entries remain across the two days of the Dublin Racing Festival ahead of final declarations. Sophie Leech was handsomely rewarded for her cross-channel endeavour with Madara a year ago and no-one would begrudge Harry Derham, Warren Greatrex, Paddy Neville or Henry Daly a similarly lucrative foray this time.
However, the reality is that the perennial champion trainer now exerts such a pervasive grip on proceedings that even his most dogged domestic rivals are inclined to think better of submitting their horses to a mauling from the Mullins mob in favour of keeping their powder dry for Cheltenham in March.
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