No Risk No Fun caps memorable week for Patrick Mullins

No Risk No Fun gave jockey Patrick Mullins a fourth winner of an unforgettable week when easily landing the concluding Fr. Breen Memorial INH Flat Race at Galway.

Prior to last Monday, Mullins, the most successful amateur in the sport, had never won the QR Handicap on the opening night of the festival. However, that monkey was finally shaken off his back, following an impressive win aboard Echoes In Rain.

Two further winners already made it a successful week for Mullins but a pillar to post victory on No Risk No Fun completed the quartet. The win was also an eighth of the week for father Willie (Mullins), who was once again crowned champion trainer.

Willie Mullins said, “He’s a nice horse and could be a Graded horse. He does it nicely on the racetrack.

“The second horse stayed with him all the way up the straight. The winner just had too many gears for him but the second looks a real chaser in the making.

“The winner looks a hurdler rather than a chaser. We’ll look at whether we go for a third bumper or give him a little break and then go hurdling.

“It’s been a fantastic week. All my neighbours had plenty of winners as well as ourselves. Emmet and the Shark had a good week and there was a great spread of winners throughout the week.

“The win of Echoes In Rain in the Connacht Hotel Amateur Handicap would have to be the highlight and it was a race that Patrick long wanted to win.

“It’s great that the crowds are back and the craic and atmosphere is back in Galway.”

Additional reporting by Alan Magee