Paddy Mullins (28 January 1919 – 28 October 2010) was an Irish racehorse trainer in a career which spanned fifty two years.[1][2]
Training career
editHis first winner was Flash Parade, which won the 1953 La Touche at Punchestown. Although he was predominantly a jump trainer, with six Cheltenham Festival successes, four Irish National winners and ten Irish jump trainers' titles, two of his greatest successes were achieved on the Flat. Mullins trained the mare Dawn Run to win Cheltenham's Champion Hurdle in 1984 and Gold Cup in 1986.[3] Ridden in both races by Jonjo O'Neill, she is commemorated with a statue overlooking the Cheltenham paddock.[4] He also won the 2003 Irish Oaks with Vintage Tipple and saddled Hurry Harriet to success in the 1973 Champion Stakes at Newmarket.
Family
editHe is the father of trainers Tom Mullins, Willie Mullins and Tony Mullins. Mullins trained at Goresbridge, County Kilkenny, from where son Tom assumed control when he retired from training in February, 2005.[5]
Tributes
editMullins died on 28 October 2010. Many tributes were made by fellow trainers, "He was a great friend of mine for a long number of years and he was a top-class trainer," said Jim Bolger. Trainer Noel Meade described Mullins as a "legend" he left "an incredible dynasty behind him".[6]
References
edit- ^ "Legendary trainer Paddy Mullins passes away, aged 91". The Guardian. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ "Paddy Mullins Biography". ResearchGate.
- ^ "Dawn Run – 20 years on". BBC Sport. 8 March 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ "Racing pays tribute to legendary trainer Paddy Mullins". Telegraph. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ "Death of legendary trainer Paddy Mullins". RTÉ Sport. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ "Tributes to 'legend' Paddy Mullins flood in". Racing Post. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
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