Trainers Willie Mullins and Nicky Henderson runners are set to dominate the 2023 Cheltenham Festival again, but which of the powerhouse horse racing handlers is worth the most? We take a look at their estimated net worth, plus their Cheltenham Festival stats and main runners to look out for a this year’s meeting.
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Willie Mullins Net Worth and 2023 Cheltenham Festival Stats
The Willie Mullins stable fired in another 10 Cheltenham Festival winners in 2022 and with an army of runners this year are expected to somewhere near that figure again. That haul of ten wins took the Mullins Cheltenham Festival tally to a massive 88 and he’s the most successful trainer in the history of this popular four-day meeting.
Mullins once again dominated the recent 2023 Dublin Racing Festival, with 8 wins from the 15 races, and will be mob-handed again at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. It’s, therefore, no shocker the bookies are running for cover in the ‘Cheltenham Festival Top Trainers’ betting market with Mullins priced as the red-hot favourite @ 1/8 (before the Festival).
- Age: 66
- Stable Based: County Carlow, Ireland
- Willie Mullins Net Worth: Approx £5million
- Cheltenham Festival Winners: 88 (before the start of the 2023 Festival)
- Notable Big Cheltenham Festival Wins: Hurricane Fly (Champion Hurdle 2013), Energumene (Champion Chase 2022), Penhill (Stayers Hurdle 2018), Al Boum Photo (Gold Cup 2019 & 2020), Allaho (Ryanair Chase 2021 & 2022)
- 2023 Cheltenham Festival Top Trainer Odds: @ 1/8 with Paddy Power (at the start of the Festival)
Willie Mullins Runners To Look For At The 2023 Cheltenham Festival
There aren’t many races at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival where Willie Mullins DOESN’T have a fancied runner – which tells you exactly why the bookmakers think he’s going to land his tenth ‘Cheltenham Top Trainers’ title in March.
One of his main horses to look out for is Galopin Des Champs, who a leading Cheltenham Festival betting tip for the 2023 Gold Cup.
He’s also got last year’s Bumper winner Facile Vega in the opening race – the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle – and the market leaders in the Arkle Chase (El Fabiolo) and Champion Chase (Energumene), while his Irish Champion Hurdle winner State Man will be the one looking to give Champion Hurdle favourite Constitution Hill most to think about.
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Nicky Henderson Net Worth and 2023 Cheltenham Festival Stats
With 72 overall Cheltenham Festival winners, trainer Nicky Henderson is also a legend of Prestbury Park and despite not quite having the ‘high-end’ firepower at present to challenge Willie Mullins for the ‘top trainers’ title, he’s still a man to very much respect over the four-day festival.
Henderson has won the ‘top trainers’ award at the Cheltenham Festival nine times, with the most recent coming in 2012 when firing in 6 Cheltenham Festival winners.
- Age: 72
- Stable Based: Seven Barrows, Upper Lambourn, UK
- Nicky Henderson Net Worth: Approx £8million
- Cheltenham Festival Winners: 72 (before the start of the 2023 Festival)
- Notable Big Cheltenham Festival Wins: Sprinter Sacre (Champion Chase 2013 & 2014), Altior (Champion Chase 2018 & 2019), Long Run (Gold Cup 2011), Bobs Worth (Gold Cup 2013), Buveur d’Air (Champion Hurdle 2017 & 2018)
- 2023 Cheltenham Festival Top Trainer Odds: @ 9/1 with Paddy Power (at the start of the Festival)
Nicky Henderson Runners to Look For At The 2023 Cheltenham Festival
It certainly feels like the Nicky Henderson yard are in a bit of a transition period with just the one standout Cheltenham Festival banker to look forward to – but, in his defence, it is arguably the biggest fancy of the whole meeting – Constitution Hill – the red-hot favourite in the Champion Hurdle, which is a race Henderson has won a staggering 8 times before.
Their talented mare, Luccia, will be popular in the Mares’ Novice Hurdle on the Thursday, while Marie’s Rock, who landed the Mares’ Hurdle last year, will have a fair chance whichever race she targets – she’s entered in the Stayers’ Hurdle and the Mares’ Hurdle again.
Jonbon is another Henderson fancy in the Arkle Chase – the 2022 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle runners-up has made a smooth switch to chasing and heads to the Festival 3-from-3 over the bigger obstacles.
Henderson’s former Arkle Chase winner Shishkin is another to note in the Ryanair Chase but is on a bit of a recovery mission after flopping in recent runs, including the 2022 Champion Chase. Finally, the Grand Annual Chase on the Wednesday is always a race pundits tend to link the Seven Barrows trainer too as it’s named in honour his father – Johnny Henderson – he’s won the race twice since 2006 (Greenhope and Bellvano).
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