Danny Mullins: 'I'm always going to ride to win the race'

Danny Mullins has played down his altercation with cousin Patrick Mullins following the Guinness Faugheen Novice Chase at Limerick on Thursday.

Patrick ultimately claimed a comfortable victory in the race on board his father Willie's Gaelic Warrior, with Danny five and a half lengths back in second on stablemate Il Etait Temps.

However, the pair did come close when Danny attempted to sneak up the inner on the run to the second-last and Patrick appeared to react angrily to that incident as they pulled up after the finishing line.

The stewards looked into the episode but Danny later made light of the whole affair via his regular diary on the Tote X account.

He said: "The main question on everybody’s lips is what did Patrick say? I don’t fully recall what he did say, I think it was something along the lines of 'Danny, get a haircut', but I’m happy with my hair as it is at the moment."

On a more serious note, Danny added: "It’s one of those things, I’m always going to ride to win the race and that’s what I have to do for my owners and we had a go and unfortunately I finished second – but we had a go and that was the main thing."

Gaelic Warrior (4-7F) impresses in Limerick's feature Grade One Guinness Faugheen Novice Chase for Willie and Patrick Mullins. pic.twitter.com/inJitoihww

Regarding the incident approaching the penultimate fence, Patrick Mullins earlier said: "I told Danny going out that there will be a gap on my inside going down to the second-last and 'do not come for it' but he hasn’t listened to me. Luckily it didn’t get the two of us beaten."

Willie Mullins was at Leopardstown, where he told Racing TV with a wry smile: "I had my son and my nephew trying to kill each other going to the second-last. I don’t know what