Willie Mullins became the first to train 100 winners at the Cheltenham Festival after Jasmin de Vaux took victory in the Champion Bumper.
The legendary trainer had a great chance to accomplish this feat in this race as he had eight runners in the race.
He reached 97 career wins on Tuesday after victories for Gaelic Warrior, Lossiemouth and State Man.
On Wednesday he then took the first two wins of the day, before Jasmin de Vaux took him to triple figures.
By reaching the historic number, he now has 37 more wins than any other trainer.
Willie Mullins has now trained 100 Cheltenham winners after the final race of day two
Mullins smiles after Ballyburn won the Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle earlier on day two
Mullins (pictured at Cheltenham in 2004) won his first race as a trainer in 1995
Mullins was expected to take his 100th win in the Champion Chase, but overwhelming favorite El Fabiolo would falter during the race.
His very first victory as a trainer came almost thirty years ago with Tourist Attraction in the 1995 Supreme.
The 67-year-old trainer started with Ballyburn on Wednesday who justified favoritism and made impressively light work of the Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle
He then reached 99 wins when Fact To File won the BRown Advisory Beginner Hunt.
Jasmin de Vaux was ridden by his son Patrick, while Mullins Snr himself won the Champion Bumper in 1996 as a jockey with Wither or Which.
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