DON’T ask Danny Mullins if he’s all set for Christmas because, unlike most of us, he doesn’t know where he’ll be this festive period.

Such is the nature of being among Willie Mullins’ squad of trusted riders, it’s a case of The Late Late Show for finding out what horses he will ride, and even what track he’ll be in action at. Decisions, as we’ve come to learn, are rarely made early within National Hunt racing’s biggest juggernaut.