Trainer archives:

William Peter Mullins (“Willie Mullins“) (born 15 September 1956) is an Irish racehorse trainer and former jockey from Goresbridge, County Kilkenny. He trains from a base at Closutton, Muine Bheag, County Carlow, Ireland.

Mullins started training in 1988 having previously worked as an assistant to his father Paddy Mullins and Jim Bolger.

Willie is a former six times amateur champion jockey in Ireland, winning the 1983 Aintree Fox Hunters’ Chase on Atha Cliath and the 1996 Cheltenham Bumper on Wither Or Which.

He is the trainer of the 2005 Grand National winner Hedgehunter and the 2011 and 2013 Champion Hurdle winner Hurricane Fly and trained the horse, Vautour in the 2016 Ryanair Chase. He is also trainer of the six times David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle champion, Quevega and Ballymore Properties Novices’ Hurdle champion, Mikael d’Haguenet.

In 2015 Willie Mullins became the first trainer to train the top 3 horses in the Champion Hurdle.

In the 2015 Cheltenham Festival Willie Mullins trained 8 winners which is a record at the Cheltenham Festival.

Willie Mullins has a son, Patrick Mullins, who is currently an amateur jockey riding mainly in Ireland, most often riding juvenile horses in National Hunt Flat Races (Bumpers) before they are passed on to usual stable jockies, Ruby Walsh and Paul Townend.