'I never let myself dwell on last year' - how explorer and experimenter Emmet Mullins is plotting back-to-back Nationals
Asked which of the Mullins clan he most resembles, Emmet replies: "I don’t think there is any Mullins comparable to another. We’re all fairly unique."
You can say that again. I'm not sure any other Mullins would pitch Feronily, a horse who won a maiden hurdle at Limerick only a fortnight earlier and had never jumped a fence in public, straight into a Grade 3 chase at Cork against a six-time Grade 1 winner, a horse who had won 16 of his 26 starts and a Stayers' Hurdle runner-up. He was a fine second too.
I'm not sure any other Mullins would chance buying yearlings from Japan. Crowns Major and Fujimoto Flyer proved pretty shrewd purchases too.
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- 'I’ve trained some fabulous horses, worked with some excellent riders - maybe I have brought a little bit of talent to the table as well'
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