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How Many Cheltenham Festival Winners Has Willie Mullins Had?
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As the biggest jumps meeting of the season looms all eyes will be on a certain Irish trainer from Closutton called Mr. Mullins, who will be carrying the bulk of the from punters yet again. However, just how many Cheltenham Festival winners has Willie Mullins had over the years?
How Many Cheltenham Festival Winners Has Willie Mullins Had During His Career (as a trainer)
In the history of the Cheltenham Festival, no trainer has fired in more winners than Willie Mullins.
The 17-time Irish National Hunt Champion trainer, Willie Mullins, has racked-up a staggering 103 Cheltenham Festival winners and he’s certainly not finished yet.
At the 2024 Festival he smashed through the 100-winners mark when Jasmin De Vaux landed the Champion Bumper, which also provided a thirteenth success in the final race on day two.
While over the whole 2024 meeting Willie Mullins had nine Cheltenham Festival winners (see them all below).
With another strong army heading to Prestbury Park on March 11th, we can expect the Mullins Cheltenham tally to increase further.
Therefore, it’s no shocker he’s already long odds-on with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK to be crowned top trainer at the meeting again.
Remarkably 70 of these Mullins Festival winners have come in the last 10 years – wow.
DID YOU KNOW? Willie Mullins has also ridden three Cheltenham Festival winners, including Wither Or Which (rode and trained)
Mullins sits clear of Nicky Henderson, who has 73 Cheltenham Festival winners and now has over double the tally of 49 successes that Paul Nicholls has fired in on the biggest jumps racing stage.
Fellow top Irish trainer Gordon Elliott has sent out 40 Cheltenham Festival winners after landing three more in 2024. With Henry De Bromhead on 23.
If Willie Mullins trains seven winners in 2025 and then a minimum of six Cheltenham winners over the next 15 years – he’ll hit 200 Cheltenham winners in 2040 at the age of 83.
Oh, there are also SEVEN Cheltenham Festival races Willie Mullins has NEVER won – find out which ones here.
Cheltenham Festival Winners (Correct Before 2025 Meeting)
- Willie Mullins (Ire) 103
- Nicky Henderson 73
- Paul Nicholls 49
- Fulke Walwyn 40
- Gordon Elliott (Ire) 40
- Martin Pipe 34
- Fred Winter 28
- Fred Rimell 27
- Jonjo O’Neill 26
- Tom Dreaper (Ire) 26
- Vincent O’Brien (Ire) 23
- Bob Turnell 23
- Henry De Bromhead 23
- Ivor Anthony 22
- Philip Hobbs 20
- George Beeby 19
- Edward O’Grady (Ire) 18
- David Nicholson 17
- Nigel Twiston-Davies 17
- Alan King 15
- Dan Skelton 10
Main Willie Mullins Cheltenham Festival Runners 2025 To Look For
See below the leading Willie Mullins Cheltenham runners to add to your tracker – with most of these expected to be going off as Cheltenham Festival favourites in 2025.
Tues 11th March 2025
- 1:20 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle – KOPEK DES BORDES
- 2:00 Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices’ Chase – MAJBOROUGH
- 4:00 Champion Hurdle – LOSSIEMOUTH
Weds 12th March 2025
- 1:20 Turners Novices’ Hurdle – FINAL DEMAND
- 2:00 Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase – BALLYBURN
- 4:00 BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase – GAELIC WARRIOR
- 5:20 Weatherbys Champion Bumper – BAMBINO FEVER
Thurs 13th March 2025
- 1:20 Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle – MAUGHREEN
- 3:20 Ryanair Chase – FACT TO FILE
Fri 14th March 2025
- 2:40 Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase – DINOBLUE
- 4:00 Cheltenham Gold Cup – GALOPIN DES CHAMPS
The Best Willie Mullins Cheltenham Festival Winners Tally (In a Season) Is Ten
Over there years there have been too many Willie Mullins Cheltenham bankers to them all.
Last year in 2024, Mullins added nine more Cheltenham winners to his tally – taking him to 103 – with three winning on each of the four days, barring drawing a blank on the Thursday.
Willie Mullins Cheltenham Winners In 2024
- Day One (3): Gaelic Warrior (Arkle), State Man (Champion Hurdle), Lossiemouth (Mares’ Hurdle)
- Day Two (3): Ballyburn (Turners), Fact To File (Brown Advisory), Jasmin De Vaux (Bumper)
- Day Three (0): No Winners
- Day Four (3): Majborough (Triumph), Absurde (County Hurdle), Galopin Des Champs (Gold Cup)
Willie Mullins Has Been Cheltenham Festival Champion Trainer 11 Times
You can see the recent domination from Willie Mullins at the Cheltenham Festival – with 11 top trainer titles since 2011.
Only Nicky Henderson (2012) and Gordon Elliott (2017 and 2018) have prevented Mullins winning them all.
- 2024: Willie Mullins (9)
- 2023: Willie Mullins (6)
- 2022: Willie Mullins (10)
- 2021: Willie Mullins (6)
- 2020: Willie Mullins (7)
- 2019: Willie Mullins (4)
- 2018: Gordon Elliott (8)
- 2017: Gordon Elliott (6)
- 2016: Willie Mullins (7)
- 2015: Willie Mullins (8)
- 2014: Willie Mullins (4)
- 2013: Willie Mullins (5)
- 2012: Nicky Henderson (7)
- 2011: Willie Mullins (4)
- 2010: Nicky Henderson (3)
- 2009: Paul Nicholls (5)
- 2008: Paul Nicholls (3)
- 2007: Paul Nicholls (4)
- 2006: Paul Nicholls (3)
- 2005: Howard Johnson (3)
- 2004: Paul Nicholls (4)
- 2003: Jonjo O’Neill (3)
- 2002: Martin Pipe (3)
- 2001: Festival cancelled
- 2000: Nicky Henderson (4)
- 1999: Paul Nicholls (3)
The Willie Mullins Cheltenham Festival Winners Include 13 Successes In The Champion Bumper
With 103 Cheltenham Festival winners, many also ask what races have been then best for Mullins over the years.
He’s won the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Turners Novices Hurdle and County Hurdle seven times and the Mares Hurdle ten times.
However, it’s the Weatherbys Champion Bumper that Mullins has won the most – racking up an incredible 13 wins in this Festival race.
The first came in 1996 with Wither Or Which – a horse Mullins trained and also rode to victory. While his most recent Champion Bumper winner came in 2024 with Jasmin De Vaux.
Tourist Attraction Was The First Willie Mullins Cheltenham Festival Winner In The 1995 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
To find the first ever Willie Mullins Cheltenham winner you have to go back to 1995 and Tourist Attraction, who landed the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.
WATCH: Tourist Attraction Winning The 1995 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
EVERY Willie Mullins Cheltenham Festival Winner Listed
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Cheltenham Gold Cup (4) Al Boum Photo (2019, 2020), Galopin Des Champs (2023, 2024)
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Champion Hurdle – (5) Hurricane Fly (2011, 2013), Faugheen (2015), Annie Power (2016), State Man (2024)
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Queen Mother Champion Chase – (2) Energumene (2022, 2023)
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Stayers’ Hurdle – (2) Nichols Canyon (2017), Penhill (2018)
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Supreme Novices’ Hurdle – (7) Tourist Attraction (1995), Ebaziyan (2007), Champagne Fever (2013), Vautour (2014), Douvan (2015), Klassical Dream (2019), Appreciate It (2021)
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Arkle Challenge Trophy – (6) Un de Sceaux (2015), Douvan (2016), Footpad (2018), Duc des Genievres (2019), El Fabiolo (2023), Gaelic Warrior (2024)
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Mares’ Hurdle – (10) Quevega (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), Glens Melody (2015), Vroum Vroum Mag (2016), Benie Des Dieux (2018), Lossiemouth (2024)
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Turners Novices’ Hurdle – (7) Fiveforthree (2008), Mikael d’Haguenet (2009), Faugheen (2014), Yorkhill (2016), Sir Gerhard (2022), Impaire Et e (2023), Ballyburn (2024)
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Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase – (6) Florida Pearl (1998), Rule Supreme (2004), Cooldine (2009), Don Poli (2015), Monkfish (2021), Fact To File (2024)
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Champion Bumper – (13) Wither or Which (1996), Florida Pearl (1997), Alexander Banquet (1998), Joe Cullen (2000), Missed That (2005), Cousin Vinny (2008), Champagne Fever (2012), Briar Hill (2013), Relegate (2018), Ferny Hollow (2020), Sir Gerhard (2021), Facile Vega (2022), Jasmin De Vaux (2024)
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Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle – (3) Penhill (2017), Monkfish (2020), The Nice Guy (2022)
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Ryanair Chase – (5) Vautour (2016), Un de Sceaux (2017), Min (2020), Allaho (2021, 2022)
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Triumph Hurdle – (5) Scolardy (2002), Burning Victory (2020), Vauban (2022), Lossiemouth (2023), Majborough (2024)
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Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle – (5) Limini (2016), Let’s Dance (2017), Laurina (2018), Eglantine Du Seuil (2019), Concertista (2020)
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National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup – (4) Back in Focus (2013), Rathvinden (2018), Stattler (2022), Gaillard Du Mesnil (2023)
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Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle – (4) Sir Des Champs (2011), Don Poli (2014), Killultagh Vic (2015), Galopin Des Champs (2021)
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Coral Cup – (1) Bleu Berry (2018)
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County Handicap Hurdle – (7) Thousand Stars (2010), Final Approach (2011), Wicklow Brave (2015), Arctic Fire (2017), Saint Roi (2020), State Man (2022), Absurde (2024)
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Turners Novices’ Chase – (4) Sir Des Champs (2012), Vautour (2015), Black Hercules (2016), Yorkhill (2017)
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Mares’ Chase – (2) Colreevy (2021), Elimay (2022)
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St James’s Place Festival Hunter Chase – (1) Billaway (2022)
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Note: All Willie Mullins Cheltenham figures are correct before the 2025 Festival.