Champion Trainer title race: Willie Mullins using Manchester United's FA Cup semi-final as a lesson ahead of Sandown finale

Willie Mullins is taking nothing for granted ahead of what could be a thrilling conclusion to the British trainers' title race at Sandown this weekend. After following up the Grand National victory of I Am Maximus with a four-timer at Ayr that included Macdermott's win in the Scottish Grand National, the Closutton maestro is in pole position in what is mathematically still a three-way battle with only two days of the season remaining. Since his Ayr heroics, Mullins has notched further winners on British soil at Ffos Las and Ludlow, and while out of luck with six runners over the course of the first two days of the Perth Festival, he still holds a significant lead over Dan Skelton and 14-times champion Paul Nicholls.