Trainers' Championship heats up The race to be Champion Trainer for 2016/17 enters an informative period in the coming days with Gordon Elliott currently leading Willie Mullins by E461,475 ahead of the lucrative Christmas festivals. Elliott has made a bright start to the current campaign with E2,232,981 already amassed and leads multiple Champion Mullins on E1,771,506. The four day festive period features 63 races in total with seven of those at Leopardstown being Grade 1 status. The season concludes with the Punchestown festival (April 25-29), which Mullins traditionally dominates, and bookmakers currently make Mullins 4/5 favourite (with Betfair, 8/11 Paddy Power) to retain his title. Elliott is currently an even money chance (Paddy Power, 10/11 with Betfair) to gain his first Championship.
