WHISKEY SOUR won an incredible renewal of the Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown.
Favourite Mengli Khan appeared to be in control approaching the second-last before he dived through the wing and unseated Jack Kennedy.
That left Patrick Mullins in front on Sharjah, with Paul Townend riding hard on stablemate Real Steel approaching the last.
But once Mullins asked his mount for a big leap he took a crashing fall, while Real Steel also hit the deck independently.
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Advertising Willie Mullins’ strength in depth, yet another Closutton inmate picked up the pieces as dual Galway Festival winner Whiskey Sour (9-1) came home unchallenged under David Mullins.
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” said the trainer.
“I was just waiting for them to bring down our third runner, which would have really capped off the day, but it just shows you’ve got to be in these races.
“Whiskey Sour was definitely the fourth of ours coming into this and he ends up winning it! It was just an extraordinary race.
“I said to David, ‘How did you miss all those horses?’, and he said, ‘It’s lucky he’s small’.
“He’s probably the smallest horses in the yard. It was a lucky win, end of story.
“It was an extraordinary race and I don’t know what to take from it.”
All horses and jockeys were fine after the incidents.
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