Emmet Mullins (born 1989/90) is an Irish National Hunt trainer and former jockey based in County Carlow.
Background and career as a jockey
editMullins comes from a racing background. His father, George Mullins, was an amateur jockey and set up a racehorse transport business.[1] His uncle is trainer Willie Mullins. During a career as a jockey from the 2006-07 season to the 2014–15 season, Mullins rode a total of 83 winners, including seven Grade 2 and 3 winners.[2] He rode a winner at the Cheltenham Festival on Sir Des Champs in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle in 2011.[1] Another notable success came with his only ride on Faugheen when they won the Dorans Pride Novice Hurdle at Limerick in December 2013.[1]
Career as a trainer
editMullins obtained his trainer's licence in 2016 and set up a yard close to his uncle at Bagenalstown, County Carlow. He saddled his first Cheltenham Festival winner in 2021, when The Shunter won the Plate Handicap Chase. In 2022 he saddled the winner of the Grand National, Noble Yeats, ridden by the owner's son Sam Waley-Cohen.[1]
Racecourse ban
editIn June 2020 Mullins was fined €5,000 by the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board and banned from racecourses for three months after he contravened Covid-19 protocols at Leopardstown Racecourse.[3]
Cheltenham winners (as jockey)
editCheltenham winners (as trainer)
edit- Plate Handicap Chase - (1) The Shunter (2021)
- National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup - (1) Corbetts Cross (2024)
Other major wins
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Ireland
- Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase - (1) Feronily (2023)
- Grand National - (1) Noble Yeats (2022)
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Mick Fitzgerald: This is only the beginning of the journey for Emmet Mullins". Irish Examiner. 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Emmet Mullins stats". Racing Post. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Trainer Emmet Mullins receives three-month racecourse ban for Covid-19 protocol breach". BBC Sport. 22 June 2020.