Joe Mulhall
Joe Muhall was born in Malahide, County Dublin in 1933. He died from cancer in June 2013 aged 80.
Joseph Mulhall, known as Joe, rode one winner over jumps when College Boy landed the Lake Three-Year-Old Selling Hurdle at Nottingham on December 8, 1958. After leading for a long way, College Boy was overhauled at the final flight by Sahagun, ridden by future trainer Matt McCourt, but fought back to win by a length and a half, despite a slipping saddle.
Joseph Mulhall, known as Joe, rode one winner over jumps when College Boy landed the Lake Three-Year-Old Selling Hurdle at Nottingham on December 8, 1958. After leading for a long way, College Boy was overhauled at the final flight by Sahagun, ridden by future trainer Matt McCourt, but fought back to win by a length and a half, despite a slipping saddle.
College Boy had finished unplaced on his previous start just two days earlier at Manchester, with Joe in the saddle on his first ride of the season. He had previously held a licence in the early/mid 1950s but had few opportunities.
College Boy had finished unplaced on his previous start just two days earlier at Manchester, with Joe in the saddle on his first ride of the season. He had previously held a licence in the early/mid 1950s but had few opportunities.
They had two more starts together following their Nottingham victory but were brought down in the first and unplaced in the second, the Hainton Handicap Hurdle at Market Rasen on Easter Monday, March 30, 1959. That was Joe’s last ride.
They had two more starts together following their Nottingham victory but were brought down in the first and unplaced in the second, the Hainton Handicap Hurdle at Market Rasen on Easter Monday, March 30, 1959. That was Joe’s last ride.
Alan Vause, who owned and trained College Boy, relinquished his licence at the end of that season and Joe took over the training operation at Vause’s Dringhouses stable, near York. He continued to train there until the early 1980s, the yard reaching its height in the late 1960s and early 70s with strings of more than 30 horses.
Alan Vause, who owned and trained College Boy, relinquished his licence at the end of that season and Joe took over the training operation at Vause’s Dringhouses stable, near York. He continued to train there until the early 1980s, the yard reaching its height in the late 1960s and early 70s with strings of more than 30 horses.
He achieved his highest-profile success with First Phase in the Usher-Vaux Brewery Gold Tankard Handicap at Ayr on May 18, 1968, in the hands of apprentice Geoff Oldroyd. That was the third of four consecutive races First Phase won that month, all in the space of three weeks.
He achieved his highest-profile success with First Phase in the Usher-Vaux Brewery Gold Tankard Handicap at Ayr on May 18, 1968, in the hands of apprentice Geoff Oldroyd. That was the third of four consecutive races First Phase won that month, all in the space of three weeks.
Among Joe’s other best horses was Duka Duk, which in 1968 won the two-mile four-furlong William the Lion Handicap at Lanark, Scotland’s longest Flat race; and the sprinter Anton Lad, which won eight races including the Burton Agnes Handicap at York in 1974 and Redcar’s Northern Sprint Handicap in 1975.
Among Joe’s other best horses was Duka Duk, which in 1968 won the two-mile four-furlong William the Lion Handicap at Lanark, Scotland’s longest Flat race; and the sprinter Anton Lad, which won eight races including the Burton Agnes Handicap at York in 1974 and Redcar’s Northern Sprint Handicap in 1975.
Joe's only win as a jockey: College Boy, December 8, 1958 at Nottingham
Joe's only win as a jockey: College Boy, December 8, 1958 at Nottingham
