Another Mullins makes mark

ANOTHER page in the remarkable history of the Mullins racing dynasty was written at Clonmel last night when Bachelor Affair provided Gerard Mullins with his first training success.

The seven-year-old, formerly trained by Pat Hughes and owned by Mullins’ neighbour Mary Greene, proved a 14/1 shocker in the Poulboy Handicap Hurdle, under a confident ride by in-form Tommy Treacy, who has been associated with the Mullins family for most of his career.

Gerard Mullins, nephew of the legendary Paddy, trains only a small string and is best known as owner of the Duninga Gallops in Co Kilkenny.