Willie Mullins Cheltenham Festival reflections and weekend preview

We had a great week in Cheltenham. Probably not the results a lot of people thought would happen but when some of our stars didn't win some of our other ones popped up to get the numbers up. State Man was a big disappointment and Galopin Des Champs another one, Majborough too, so it just shows you what you need to have success in Cheltenham. You can't go there expecting to have winners, you just hope, like everyone does, and we had a great week so we can't complain.

Galopin Des Champs didn't seem to turn up on the day. Once they jumped off I thought this fellow's not acting on the ground; I didn't know what was wrong but that was my first thought. He didn't even race to the first fence, he got competitive about the fourth last but under duress I think. He still ran a great race and is young enough to be back and be very competitive next year in the Gold Cup.