Vintage cheer as Mullins and O'Donovan enjoy classic Tipple

BY any standards a quite incredible story.Vintage Tipple’s amazing success in yesterday’s Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh was simply stranger than fiction.

Vintage cheer as Mullins and O'Donovan enjoy classic Tipple
Mon, 14 Jul, 2003 - 01:00
Pat Keane

She is trained by 84-year-old Paddy Mullins, who was enjoying his first ever success in a classic.

The daughter of Entrepreneur is owned by retired Cork businessman, Pat O’Donovan, who, bravely, refused to part with the filly when a king’s ransom was dangled in front of him.

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CourtsRacinghorse racingPlace: CurraghPlace: CorkPlace: Bank of EnglandPlace: NewmarketPlace: L’AncressePlace: KilcullenPerson: MullinsPerson: O'DonovanPerson: Paddy MullinsPerson: Pat O’DonovanPerson: O’DonovanPerson: PadddyPerson: Padddy MullinsPerson: Dawn RunPerson: Mullins’Person: Hurry HarrietPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: DettoriPerson: MaureenPerson: PaddyPerson: CashmansPerson: Tom MullinsEvent: Darley Irish OaksEvent: Cheltenham Gold CupEvent: Champion HurdleEvent: Champion StakesEvent: Epsom OaksEvent: Athasi StakesEvent: Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
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