Patrick Mullins© Photo Healy Racing
Patrick Mullins was in high spirits after English Summer provided him with a second victory in the Arrive Hungry At Gatwick Amateur Derby Handicap at Epsom.
Enjoying an armchair ride aboard the 13-8 favourite, Mullins guided the Richard Fahey-trained eight-year-old - winner of the Ladies' Derby in July - to a six-length success in the mile-and-a-half event to follow up his win aboard Beacon Lady in the 2013 renewal.
Mullins, who is the son of top National Hunt trainer Willie Mullins, said: "I thought they went a bit hard. I was a little worried as I am used to going a bumper pace, but my fellow was a very easy ride.
"Being by Montjeu he loved the ground and I think my grandmother could have won on him. It was a nice coincidence to win on a Montjeu, the day that Hurricane Fly was retired.
"It is a race I have marked out at the start of the year and I always try get a ride in it. To ride on the Derby course is magic.
"My father never won this race, so I give him a bit of stick about that. I am one up on him there and I don't often get that!"
