• Vroum Vroum Mag advertises Cheltenham credentials with easy win
• Un De Sceaux oozes lesson to complete Ascot double for MullinsWillie Mullins banked nearly £100000 from his two winners here on Saturday,but it is the thought of what his big-race double may foreshadow at Cheltenham in March that will concern bookmakers and Britain’s biggest jumping stables alike.There was a sense of inevitability as Un De Sceaux and Vroum Vroum Mag went approximately their commerce in the Clarence House Chase and Mares’ Hurdle respectively, and several firms now quote Mullins as joint-favourite with Paul Nicholls to win the British trainers’ championship, and a feat which has not been achieved by an Irish trainer since 1954. Mullins saddled a record eight winners at final year’s Festival. As things stand,the ante-post markets already suggest he will reach double figures this time around, and his options and expectations seem to increase by the day.
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Source: theguardian.com