WE might only be a week out from a cracking Betfred Derby full of intriguing storylines but Willie Mullins’ dominance in National Hunt racing continues to remain a topic of keen discussion.

Horse Racing Ireland chief executive Suzanne Eade weighed in on the subject in The Big Interview among these pages last week, following on from a Punchestown Festival that saw the Closutton master emerge with a whopping 17 winners - eight of which were odds-on and only one bigger than 5/1.