- Willie Mullins achieved his 100th victory as a trainer in the Champion Bumper
- Son Patrick rode Jasmin de Vaux to victory and reached the iconic milestone
- He got his first award as a coach in 1995 with Tourist Attraction.
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Willie Mullins became the first to train 100 winners at the Cheltenham Festival, after Jasmin de Vaux, ridden by his son Patrick, took victory in the Champion Bumper.
The legendary trainer had a good chance of achieving the feat in this race as he had eight runners in the race.
On Tuesday he reached 97 career wins after wins for Gaelic Warrior, Lossiemouth and State Man.
Then on Wednesday, he took the first two wins of the day, before Jasmin de Vaux took him to triple digits.
By reaching the historic figure, he has 37 more wins than any other coach.
Willie Mullins has trained 100 Cheltenham winners after winning the final race on day two.
Willie’s son Patrick was Jasmin de Vaux’s jockey who achieved the trainer’s historic victory.
Mullins tips his hat to the cameras after achieving his iconic victory on day two at Cheltenham.
Mullins (pictured at Cheltenham in 2004) won his first race as a trainer in 1995.
Among his most famous wins was with Hurricane Fly in the Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy in 2011 and 2013 (pictured with jockey Ruby Walsh after his 2011 win).
After accomplishing the feat, he said: ‘That’It’s a wonderful day, it’s fantastic.
“I thought the achievement of a lifetime was when I had a winner here at Cheltenham in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle back in 1995 and who ever dreamed a trainer, let alone me, could do it.
“The team of owners that we’ve helped and I can’t train winners without a team of owners who have horses and then the team from my wife Jackie to David Casey, Patrick, Ruby (Walsh), all our bosses, is huge. for them.
“I think they’ll probably enjoy it more than I do. It’s Extraordinary things.’
Mullins was expected to earn his 100th Champion Chase victory, but overwhelming favorite El Fabiolo faltered during the race.
But he only had to wait two races later to reach the figure and was pictured tipping his hat to the cameras after reaching the total milestone.
His first victory as a trainer came almost 30 years ago with Tourist Appeal in the 1995 Supremo.
Among his most famous victories at Cheltenham was with Hurricane Fly, who took the Champion Hurdle trophy in both 2011 and 2013.
Mullins smiles after Ballyburn won the Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle earlier on day two
The 67-year-old trainer started Wednesday with Ballyburn justifying favouritism, making impressively light work of the Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle.
He then moved to 99 wins when Fact To File claimed the BRown’s Rookie Advisor Chase.
Jasmin de Vaux was ridden by his son Patrick, while Mullins senior won the Champion Bumper as a jockey in 1996 on Wither or Which.