Top Irish trainer Willie Mullins is to jumps racing what Aidan O’Brien, his countryman, is to the flat game.
But he is no novice when it comes to preparing horses running on the level either, and on Tuesday he will look to achieve something in O’Brien’s flat racing sphere that the master of Coolmore has yet to do – win a Melbourne Cup.
The odds favour O’Brien, who will saddle up the favourite Tiger Moth and top weight Anthony Van Dyck.
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