The multiple Grade 1-winning rider was stood down after suffering a fall at Thurles
14:46, 05 Mar 2026Updated 14:47, 05 Mar 2026
Danny Mullins celebrates after winning the Coral Cup on Jimmy Du Seuil at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival(Image: ©INPHO/Tom Maher)
Danny Mullins was stood down for the day after suffering a fall at Thurles on Thursday.
The multiple Grade 1-winning rider, a nephew of Irish and British champion trainer Willie Mullins, was partnering Fancy Girl for his uncle in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Chase, the opening race on the card.
The eight-year-old suffered a nasty looking fall at the seventh fence, the first in the back straight, in the 2m2f contest and brought down Stormalong and Darragh O’Keeffe.
Fancy Girl’s stablemate Karamoja, who was sent off the 5-4 favourite under Paul Townend, went on to win the race, coming home 12 lengths ahead of the Gordon Elliott-trained runner-up Neon Diamond.
The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board confirmed shortly after the race that Danny Mullins had been stood down for the day as a result of the fall.
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