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FeaturePatrick Mullins
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'I want to be sick. I want to cry. I want to punch something. My golden opportunity has evaporated'

The top jockey with a dramatic account of his weekend in the Czech Republic

Patrick MullinsJockey
Patrick Mullins: heading back to Laytown

Saturday

I’m sitting outside the Café Bajer on a busy street in Pardubice. It is 4pm. Some people are drinking champagne, others coffee. Different kinds of people.

I’m reading The Sweet Science by AJ Liebling and a 27-year-old Rocky Marciano has just knocked out a 37-year-old Joe Louis. Knocked him clean out through the ropes. It was to be Joe’s last ever fight.

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Published on 15 October 2023inPatrick Mullins

Last updated 19:14, 15 October 2023

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