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David Mullins: 'I hated the person I was as a jockey. I was horrible at home'
David Jennings catches up with the recently retired Grand National-winning rider
David Mullins: the only member of the Mullins dynasty to have ridden the winner of the Grand NationalCredit: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)
We are reminiscing about the day a brash and bodacious David Mullins raged against The Machine.
"Faugheen is the best horse I've ever seen. And I've always thought that, even from his younger days. I was just waiting for him to swing by me on the bridle."
It was November 15, 2015 and the 19-year-old rookie was riding Nichols Canyon in the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown.
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Published on 6 February 2021inInterviews
Last updated 18:55, 5 February 2021
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- 'There was a moment of rage - but he's a magnificent horse and it suits me that he's passed under the radar'
- When Patrick Mullins met Jack Kennedy: 'You could say I've been lucky - they're just broken bones and they heal'
- Richard Hannon: 'When you're dead and buried the only things you're remembered by are your Classic winners'
- Paul Carberry: 'I jumped up on to the rafters. It tended to be all very strait-laced in those days, but I changed that'
- 'We’re like a Sunday League team running in an FA Cup final - we’re taking on the best with an £800 homebred'