Tony Mullins: ‘He taught us all we know-whatever we know’

PADDY MULLINS, one of the greatest trainers this country has ever produced, died yesterday aged 91.

Mullins, who retired in 2005, will always be associated with the legendary mare, Dawn Run, the only horse in history to complete the Champion Hurdle-Gold Cup double at Cheltenham.

She won the Champion Hurdle in 1984 and then, two years later, turned what looked to be certain defeat into glorious victory when roaring up the punishing hill to land the Gold Cup, under an inspired Jonjo O’Neill.