Emmet Mullins

While Sam Waley-Cohen rightly grabbed the headlines for winning the Randox Grand National on Noble Yeats, his trainer Emmet Mullins is quietly working his ...

“It was great for them to put their trust into me. They were just to help him jump and travel and while it took a bit longer to get that position, I suppose they did their job. Uncle Willie is not going to recommend to his owners they send a good horse to his nephew when he can still train it to win himself, thank you very much. But Mullins confessed it was in his thinking long before then. “Everything had gone perfect with his preparation. Amateur rider Sam Waley-Cohen enjoyed a fairytale finale to his career as steered Noble Yeats to victory in the Randox Grand National at Aintree.