'Aintree Emmet' helps cousin to series success

Aintree Grand National winning trainer Emmet Mullins helped jockey cousin Charlie Mullins secure the John Thomas McNamara Series with a success on Its On The Line (4/1) in the series finale, a hunters chase, at Cork today.

The series is confined to riders with a 7lbs claim and jockey Charlie Mullins, who towers over six-foot, today produced Its On The Line with a fine waiting ride to win on his first chase ride, by half a length from Earl Of Desmond

Emmett Mullins was sending out a first winner since his Aintree heroics with Noble Yeats nine days ago and said “that secures Charlie the series so it was great to be able to help him pull that off.

“He was a recent purchase and we bought him online at the ThoroughBid Sale (for £8,000 last month) and it was good to get a quick return. He was a Presenting and I felt he may have been waiting for good ground in the spring.

“He has a great step to him, covers a lot of ground when he is walking and has a real staying pedigree. He just needed to get a bit of confidence and I'd say the better ground will be a big help to him. He will keep going in these hunter chases for the next few months.”