Grand National winning jockey Patrick Mullins BANNED from receiving prize money due to little-known rule

GRAND NATIONAL winner Patrick Mullins will not receive any prize money for his victory.

The jockey claimed the biggest win of his career with on Saturday.

Patrick Mullins will not receiving any prize money for winning the Grand National

It was a wonderful day for the Mullins clan as Patrick won on a horse trained by his father Willie.

Mullins, 35, revealed it was his dream to the win but it comes with a catch – he will not receive any prize money.

Winning jockeys are usually guaranteed an eight per cent cut of the purse which would have entitled Mullins to around £40,000.

But rules state amateur jockeys are not entitled to such a share, so he misses out.

Mullins likely will not mind too much given the magnitude of his triumph, which .

He said following his victory: “I had too good a start and was having to take him back all the way.

“I was wondering at the Canal Turn had I lost too much ground, but he just jumped fantastic.

“Then I was there too soon and it is a long way from the back of the last with Paul (Townend) on my outside.

“It's everything I've dreamed of since I was a kid.

“I know it's a cliche, but when I was five or six years old, I was reading books about the National and watching black and white videos of Red Rum. To put my name there is very special.”