Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakaahuatia e Willie Mullins tana whakatutukitanga hītori o te whai i nga kaainga tuatahi e toru i te Stan James Champion Hurdle hei whakatutukitanga whakangungu nui rawa atu. Kua whakamahia e te kaiako rangatira, e iwa-wā te toa, te kaiako Irish ki te patu i te hoariri i tōna whenua, me te patu i te parenga o te kāinga ki ana whakaekenga whakanui ake i te Festival. Engari ko te mahi a te Ruby Walsh-riri 4-5 tino pai Faugheen e ārahi ana i te kāinga i te ahi o te Arctic Fire me te toa Hurricane Fly e rua ka neke atu i te tangata kua riro i te Grand National. Ko te mea tata ki tetahi atu kaiwhakaako kua tae mai ki te taurite i nga mea i tutuki i tenei ra o tenei ra o William the Conqueror ko te hoa Irish a Aidan O<unk>Brien, nana nei i tuku a Istabraq me Theatreworld kia tu tuatahi me te tuarua i nga Champion Hurdles 1998 me 1999. Ka uru atu a Walsh hari ki roto i te whare toa i runga i te toa o te Champions Hurdle a Faugheen. Koinei te mahi tino nui mai i a Michael Dickinson i whakangungu i te tokorima tuatahi i te Gold Cup i te tau 1983. Ka mea a Mullins: <unk>He moemoea te kotahi-rua-toru. I runga i te pepa, koinei taku mahi whakangungu pai rawa atu. Ko te whiwhi i ngā hoiho e toru i roto i taua āhua he mea pai mō te tangata engari ko te whiwhi i te waimarie ki te rere he mea nui.<unk> A he mea tino nui rawa atu na te mea i whakahaerehia e Mullins i te ra tuatahi o te Huihuinga me etahi atu toa e toru <unk> Douvan (2-1 tino pai) i patu i te hoa rangatira a Shaneshill i te Supreme Novices <unk> Hurdle, Un De Sceaux (4-6) i te Arkle Challenge Trophy me Paul Townend-ride Glens Melody (6-1) i te OLBG Mares <unk> Hurdle. Ko nga kaitākaro e peke ana i runga i te waka o Mullins, e tata ana ki te £10 miriona te utu o te umanga petipeti i a rātau e hono ana ki a rātau i roto i nga petipeti pūhui. Engari i kino ake pea. Ko Annie Power, te toa toa 1-2 me te hoiho i whakaarohia e Mullins hei tino pono o te ra, i te mutunga o te Mares<unk> Hurdle i te wa i hinga ai ia. E whakanui ana a Walsh i runga i a Faugheen i muri i te wikitoria o te tamaiti whitu-tau i te Tohu Whakataetae Whakataetae Toa. Ka mea a Mullins: "Kua hinga kino a Annie Power, ā, ka mamae tōna kaki, ā, ka...
Ko Faugheen te kaiwhakahauhau i te tere, ā, i haere ki te kāinga ko te toa 4/5. Ko Arctic Fire te tuarua i te whakataetae me Hurricane Fly i te tuatoru. I hoatu e Win ki a Ruby Walsh raua ko Willie Mullins he taarua e wha noa iho nga whakataetae i muri. I whakaahuatia e Mullins te 1-2-3 ko tana tino whakatutukitanga whakangungu.