Champion amateur jockey Patrick Mullins rode his 800th winner at Listowel on Monday.

He achieved the milestone aboard Luckinthecity in the closing bumper. The 6/5 favourite had to overcome a slow start but was helped when his rivals failed to take advantage and set a slow pace. The favourite was able to take a wide course and swoop from the rear in the closing stages to win well.

Mullins said: “I probably should have a few more, but the aim is to get to 1,000 so I have a few more years to go.

“We have had a huge amount of summer bumper fillies in this year and obviously, with Jamie (Codd) taking the summer off, it is a big help.”

Regarding the Roger Brookhouse-owned Luckinthecity, he added: “He just shied at the tape although doing a circle at the start was probably a good idea! For luck nobody wanted to make the running so we were able to make up the ground quite easily.

“We went steady so didn’t lose much ground and he showed a great turn of foot, which he doesn’t show at home. Obviously on grass he is better and the owner stands the stallion and he looks a nice type.”

This marks another remarkable milestone for Mullins, who has been crowned champion amateur jockey a record-breaking 15 times.

In 2012, he beat the record of 72 winners for an amateur rider in a calendar year which had been set by Billy Parkinson in 1915, setting the new mark at 74.

His best season tally is 68 winners in the 2012/'13 season.

He beat Ted Walsh's long-standing amateur record of 545 winners in July 2018 at Sligo when taking the bumper on Queens Boulevard, trained by his father Willie.