Emmett Mullins is a long way behind his uncle Willie in terms of the number of Festival winners he has trained, but his strike-rate at the meeting is an impressive 14% after Corbetts Cross took the National Hunt Chase on Tuesday and he has a clear chance to register his first Grade One Festival winner when Noble Yeats (3.30), the 2022 Grand National winner, lines up for the Stayers’ Hurdle on Thursday.
Noble Yeats made only a single start over hurdles in the 2020-21 season before a switch to novice chases the following season, which culminated in his 50-1 success at Aintree.
