Punchestown Result

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He normally wins his races with class, but today he had to get down and fight it out. He answered every call from Paul and showed his grit. Paul really pulled that race out of the fire and that’s the difference between a good jockey and a great jockey. You can see probably the end of the season getting to him. Paul said he wasn’t as sharp as his last run at Cheltenham and he missed two fences which isn’t like him. Maybe it was the colour of the fences today!. I was delighted with Chacun Pour Soi. We had been trying different distances and it wasn’t working so we said today we’d come back to two miles. We’ll see what we do with him now and have a word with Rich (Ricci, owner). W P Mullins, trainer

The Raceday Stewards interviewed D.E. Mullins, rider of Chacun Pour Soi (FR), trained by W.P. Mullins, concerning his use of the whip very close to the finish line where it appeared that he may have hit either Energumene (Fr) or his rider P. Townend. Evidence was heard from the riders concerned. In his evidence, P

Townend stated that he did not feel anything at that point of the race. D.E. Mullins stated that he was about to hit his mount once more when he realised that he had reached the finish line and was half way through a striking motion when he stopped and did not complete the hit. He admitted on reviewing the video that his whip may have made contact with either P. Townend or his mount Energumene (Fr). Having viewed the recording and considered the evidence, the Raceday Stewards were of the opinion that D.E. Mullins was in breach of Rule 214 by riding improperly whereby his whip appeared to hit either the challenging horse or rider. Having taken his previous record into consideration, the Raceday Stewards suspended D.E. Mullins for three racedays.

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