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Running gear on, two laps of the Mildmay and 2lb lost - but still no call from Willie
The leading amateur jockey with a diary of his three days at Aintree
Thursday
I walk out of my hotel in my riding-out boots and breeches carrying my helmet and back protector and into the Uber waiting outside.
“Are you a jockey, mate?” the taxi driver asks, looking in his rear-view mirror.
“Trying anyways,” I reply as I strap in with a click.
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- 'He must have his breakfast earlier than Willie does' - Patrick Mullins goes behind enemy lines at Gordon Elliott's yard
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- 'She's clearly knocked out. But her lips are also very pale, nearly blue. I begin to think something but then don't'
- 'I never dial myself down, so when I ride I still put on my mascara' - Patrick Mullins meets Aine O'Connor
- Four winners in four countries in five days and it ends with me feeling incredibly proud of my father - not that I say that to him
more inPatrick Mullins
- 'He must have his breakfast earlier than Willie does' - Patrick Mullins goes behind enemy lines at Gordon Elliott's yard
- Patrick Mullins: 'I think about her, and smile. As I always will when I do'
- 'She's clearly knocked out. But her lips are also very pale, nearly blue. I begin to think something but then don't'
- 'I never dial myself down, so when I ride I still put on my mascara' - Patrick Mullins meets Aine O'Connor
- Four winners in four countries in five days and it ends with me feeling incredibly proud of my father - not that I say that to him