NICHOLLS VS MULLINS AND IS DE BROMHEAD UNDERRATED? TOP 5 TRAINERS RANKED! | INSIDE TRACK: THE DEBATE

Kate Tracey, Sir AP McCoy, Barry Geraghty and Nick Luck rank the Top 5 modern-day trainers on the latest episode of Inside Track: The Debate.
1:28 Top 5s revealed
1:58 Is Paul Nicholls ahead of Willie Mullins
4:42 Is Henry de Bromhead underrated?
9:58 What's it like to ride for Paul Nicholls?
14:56 Is Barry the reason for Nicky Henderson's success?!
20:15 What makes a great trainer?
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Who are your Top 5 modern-day trainers? Let us know in the comments!

[@michaelkerr1496]

Elliott is better than Henry and JJ put together ffs

[@chrismiller6317]

Where is Elliott in this list,ridiculous him not on the list but JJ is

[@richardsmyth9151]

Elliott is sitting on a dead horse presumably 😂😂

[@jjkEDITZ45]

He’s a job trainer only

[@samcaney7200]

No Gordon Elliot here is wild

[@WillHickman-hk4fj]

Gordon Elliott did get his licence back in the end, didn't he?

[@declanrichardson1761]

Joke O'Neil in their and debromhead over elliot

[@stevelee4952]

Sadly yes

[@markluxon5044]

Why I like Nicholls is his horses keep coming back year after year. Think that shows how he looks after them

[@michaelmcginley7930]

Markluxon does not mullens bring horses year after year too

[@michaelmcginley7930]

Good show to be fair

[@michaelmcginley7930]

Pipe did change the game by introducing interval training.nichols os a good trainer but struggling a bit this year

[@michaelmcginley7930]

The women does not have a clue

[@prometheus9715]

Surprized one had JJ last of 5 im in shock, he's even in the conversation

[@TheChrishoughton]

Very insightful.

[@patrickclerkin-kz1cm]

Good little show!

[@robertcairney2955]

Nicky has to be the man ,also you know if your horse isn’t 100% Nicky will look after it.

[@declanshanks3003]

Lmfao

[@dermotfox1761]

im guessing a bit devilment going on here as to why no Elliott on list. He started himself with very little support training a couple of horses. Nicholls brilliant trainer got major financial support from Barbers. Elliott to not make the list having trained 3 national winners, before end of decade will be 2nd with cheltenham winners, will surpass nicholls 2-3 yrs. All top trainers willie, henry, paul, nicky, gordon in no particular order.

[@danpalmer7676]

Obviously you need the owners who are prepared to spend the dough. Barry Geraghty made a good point that Willie Mullins would have top 2m hurdlers to 3m chasers. I think N.Henderson likes speedy hurdlers and P.Nicholls likes his big staying chasers.

[@WillHickman-hk4fj]

Nicky is obviously good at getting a class horse 100% fit and ready for the big day. 9 Champion Hurdles and 6 Champion Chases tell you that. But outside of Cheltenham he probably doesn't have them as spot on. Perhaps he is a bit slow to step horses up in trip? Shishkin could have been a Gold Cup winner two years ago had he been trained by Nicholls. Nicholls is the best in terms of keeping a horse at the top throughout the season and its career. He's won the King George so many times because he comes back with the same horse and wins it the following season. He's also won the Tingle Creek 12 times and the Champion Chase 6 times, so it's not just three milers he's training well. But does he just not buy the Champion Hurdle type or does he not get enough speed into them? Willie has adapted his game the most out of any trainer. He worked out what it took to win a Champion Hurdle, then he wanted to win a Gold Cup, then he wanted to win a Champion Chase. For anyone that thinks Willie is streets ahead, remember he has had less Gold Cup winners than Nicholls, less Champion Hurdle winners than Nicky and less Champion Chase winners than either of them. Henry has had a few good seasons lately but it takes a lot longer to get established as one of the best. The Tizzards similarly had a great few seasons with Cue Card, Thistlecrack and Native River all coming along in quick succession. I can see why Gordon Elliott wasn't included. He has trained one Gold Cup winner and three Grand National winners, but not got close to winning a Champion Hurdle or a Champion Chase.

[@defcon92]

This is brilliant

[@johnsnow6220]

That's a proper chat, nice and loose... Like c4 back in the day

[@declanshanks3003]

Yes comedy gold as c4 was

[@grudeman]

Ill say it straight jj o Neil is a terrible trainer, hes had the best facilities in the world and literally given every McManus horse under the sun and he done absolutely nothing. Mullins Nichols Henderson and Elliot are by far the best NH trainers, either one of them could do wonders with horses who aren't amazingly talented. I love the way Henderson takes really good ones and puts them through the program he always has the best interests of the horse in mind and they just ooze class, so Henderson is my favourite of the bunch.

[@gavinblack450]

Nicholls can be a bit pompous but I admire way he attacks the program when he has a good one , hard to say Willie isn’t number 1, guys a joke how good he is at placing and training them.

[@jamesmorton4443]

Jonjo no chance, come on.

[@peterhodge570]

I agree with nick

[@mikebarry2461]

What is John Joe doing on this list

[@michaelmcginley7930]

Why did luck not pick martin pipe then

[@markspeirs8779]

The only reason Jonjo was on the list was to appease AP.....funnily enough AP did more for Gordon Elliotts street cred by constantly bigging him up, Mullins gets the lions share of cracking horses so he is obviously going to stick out.....years ago Paul Nicholls had the benefit of a having superstars in his yard, unfortunately he hasn't had too many top class horses in the last 10yrs.....Silvinaco & Clans were good animals and won their fair share of grade ones but they were a class below the likes of Kauto, Denman, Big Bucks & Masterminded

[@danmurphy5819]

What a stupid list why would you have jonjo o neill and not gordon elliot

[@timcomley5948]

Cheer up

[@jamesbarbour7657]

Jonjo?? FFS! Rank who is the fastest ever runner. Carl Lewis, Christie, Bolt, Bailey or Barry from Eastenders. Not having Elliott in the discussion is a disgraceful to be honest.

[@niall3973]

🤣

[@nc3music920]

Mullins has clearly surpassed Nicholls. He dominates horse racing completely

[@anthonymccarthy4935]

Willie nicky Nicholls debromhead olly Murphy 😅

[@user-bw8vj2km5r]

Willie, Nicky, Henry, Paul, Gordon Elliot….. JJ your arse

[@TomLeach-dd8cl]

Jonjo has been pants for nearly a decade . Especially with the horses he gets

[@declanshanks3003]

How underfuck he's included I don't know

[@michaelmcginley7930]

Agreed

[@dennisnorton6914]

Nicholls is frightened to death to run them

[@johnwhite7306]

Henderson's chasers are always schooled to jump a fence.

[@Davesaquatics]

Gordon streets ahead of Jonjo and can be argued ahead of any English trainer at the moment. Joke of a list

[@michaelmulhall5007]

Did you see the jockey list Johnson ahead Walsh 😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-bw8vj2km5r]

Nicholls couldn’t get a win out of Stormy Ireland and and when Willie got her back he won a grade 1!!! Paul isn’t in the same planet as Willie….

[@madforit2]

Jonjo 😅😅. No chance. Gordon not in id ridiculous

[@alanpage3973]

Oniel couldn't train my dog

[@declanshanks3003]

Couldn't train grass to grow

[@martinafitzgerald6995]

Elliott??? I do like Nicky Henderson but, it is one top trainers, not personalities.

[@thecritic81]

The reason Niick Luck chose Nicholls is because Nicholls is English

[@markluxon5044]

Yet he puts mullins above Henderson. How Elliott ain't on the list but jonjo is is beyond me

[@declanshanks3003]

Why on earth is Elliott not included an absolute shit show jj O'Neill gey a grip ffs

[@michaelmulhall5007]

It’s clear now nick luck hates Willie Mullins there isn’t a hope in hell anyone is ahead of Willie on this list. Every week on his show on Sunday he complains about Willie it’s ridiculous

[@timcomley5948]

Does he heck

[@paulbest2203]

Don’t like Nicholls methods

[@TomLeach-dd8cl]

Nowadays Henderson doesn't get the praise he deserves its all mullins mullins mullins . Nicky Henderson is the greatest jumps trainer of the last 30 years

[@kevinrendell203]

why has kate tracey named her top 5???!!!! bit out of your league love!!

[@timcomley5948]

Simpleton

[@timcomley5948]

You not her

[@michaelmcginley7930]

​@@timcomley5948 she does not have the knowlege.better woman presenters than her with more knowledge.nina cabury or katie walsh or jane magnun

[@MyCharlesgreen]

Where is Gordon...bizarre omission.

[@user-bw8vj2km5r]

Willie, Nicky, Henry, Paul, Gordon Elliot….. JJ your arse

[@user-bw8vj2km5r]

Willie, Nicky, Henry, Paul, Gordon Elliot….. JJ your arse