Patrick Mullins is thrilled to have the opportunity to renew his association with Gaelic Warrior in the Brooklands Golden Miller Chronograph Bowl Chase at Aintree on Thursday.
Willie Mullins has saddled two previous winners of the Grade One feature in Florida Pearl (2002) and Kemboy (2019) and is this year double-handed, with last year’s Arkle winner Gaelic Warrior joined by stablemate Embassy Gardens, who is the pick of stable jockey Paul Townend.
“I got a phone call to say Paul was going to ride Embassy Gardens and would I like to ride Gaelic Warrior and I said I wouldn’t like to, I’d love to!” said the record-breaking amateur, who is no stranger to top-level success with Rich Ricci’s charge.
“We had a great day when winning the Grade One…