A TOP Willie Mullins horse with a 'huge engine' has been smashed in the Grand National market - as the Irish trainer targets total jumps domination.
Mr Incredible has been cut into 16-1 from 20s on the back of strong market support for the world's most famous race on Saturday week.
Owned by Paul Byrne - who has been dubbed 'the shrewdest guy in racing' - Mr Incredible was an encouraging runner-up in the recent Midlands National.
Currently 22nd on the list of potential runners, the eight-year-old is certain of a run in the £1million race.
He has shown a liking for soft ground and the suspicion is that there remains plenty of untapped potential in the lightly-raced sort.
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Mullins' work rider Luke Turner hops on the horse every day at home and he told the Racing Post he has a 'huge engine'.
He added: "Teachers might have one maverick child in their class and that’s him."
Bookies are going 1-3 for the National to be run on soft, while they are 2-1 for it be on heavy for the first time since 2018.
Aintree's three-day Grand National Festival, which starts next Thursday, looks like it could be a wet one.
There is an unsettled forecast between now and the big day - with horses who love the mud proving popular.
Then again, every horse trained by Mullins has a chance.
He currently has nine remaining in the National before five-day entries on Monday and the final 48-hour declarations on Thursday.
Mr Incredible is typical of the Closutton trainer, being entered in the Grand National, the Scottish Grand National (20-1) and the season-ending bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown, for which he is 25-1.
Mullins has ten horses in the Scottish marathon contest and a further 13 in the bet365 Gold Cup.
It's no wonder BoyleSports are reporting a load of cash for him to be crowned top UK trainer too.
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He is now 5-1 from 9-1 to beat Paul Nicholls and Dan Skelton - who had four winners at Cheltenham Festival - to the title.
Mullins has amassed prize money earnings of just under £2million from only 97 British runs this season.
Skelton leads the way currently with £2,584,739 from 693 runs with Nicholls close behind on £2,567,272 from 478.
Nicholls is 2-5 to claim a record-equalling 15th crown.
But Brian O’Keeffe, spokesperson for BoyleSports, said: "With just three weeks to go until the National Hunt Trainers' Championship is decided at Sandown, punters have latched on to Mullins to come with a late run and snatch victory off Nicholls and Skelton."
UK National Hunt Trainers Championship 2023/24
2-5 Paul Nicholls
3-1 Dan Skelton
5-1 Willie Mullins
33-1 Nicky Henderson
Grand National odds
4-1 Corach Rambler
9-1 I Am Maximus
10-1 Vanillier
12-1 Panda Boy
14-1 Kitty's Light, Mahler Mission, Meetingofthewaters
16-1 Minella Indo, Mr Incredible, Noble Yeats
20-1 Bar
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