Willie Mullins pays tribute to Kevin Prendergast – ‘An enormous of the sport’ | Racing Information

Willie Mullins has added his tribute to Kevin Prendergast following the a number of Traditional-winning coach’s dying on Friday on the age of 92.

Prendergast – son of the legendary Paddy ‘Darkie’ Prendergast – was a vastly fashionable and revered determine, touchdown the final of his Traditional successes with Awtaad within the Irish 2,000 Guineas in 2016.

“I used to be sorry to listen to about Kevin. He was an incredible coach, who all the time had a phrase for you,” stated Mullins, the reigning champion Nationwide Hunt coach in Eire and Britain.

“He had an opinion on all the things and that opinion was valued by folks as a result of he’d been by way of it, he knew the great days and he knew the unhealthy days.

“He was an incredible character who might be sadly missed. A correct large of the sport, he did the onerous work and he knew all the things in regards to the sport.”

Former coach Mick Halford, who now represents Joseph O’Brien on racecourses, stated: “Kevin was a grasp on the Curragh after I began. He was any individual I all the time seemed as much as, his horses had been all the time a credit score to him.

“He was a fantastic man to speak to, a fantastic man for recommendation, and for a little bit of slagging!

“He was a beautiful man and I had a whole lot of time for him, and he might be sadly missed on the Curragh.

“He led a full life, he was a fantastic instance to us all.”