The Mullins racing dynasty: ‘My grandfather was training during WWII…I grew up looking out through a pair of pony’s ears’

The Mullins Dynasty

Tabitha Monahan

While the Cheltenham Festival is always a significant event in the racing calendar for the Mullins family, this year will be even more so.

The matriarch of the dynasty, ­Maureen Mullins, died last month, aged 94. Such was her impact, the last race of the first day today is named after her: The Maureen Mullins National Hunt Novices’ Chase.