Tag Archive for: Katie Walsh

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Katie Walsh – Grand National Jockey

Katie Walsh is the daughter of the well-known amateur jump jockey, trainer and television pundit, Ted Walsh, as well as being a sister to top class jump jockey, Ruby Walsh. Hailing from a horse racing dynasty such as the Walsh's being a jockey…
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Female Grand National Jockeys

Most of us are very familiar with the leading ladies of the Horse Racing world including Rachael Blackmore, Katie Walsh, Nina Carberry and Bryony Frost. These ladies made phenomenal strides into a very male-dominated sport, with Rachael Blackmore…

Five Key Facts Of Grand National 2018

An estimated 600 million people around the globe will tune in to watch the Grand National unfold in epic fashion on Saturday afternoon. This remarkable race has captured the imagination of people with zero interest in the sport for 364 days…

Injured Seabass Ruled Out Of Grand National

The second scratchings deadline for the 2014 Crabbies Grand National was yesterday, March 18th 2014, and one of the surprise withdrawals was the Ted Walsh trained Seabass. Following a serious injury at Down Royal on Monday, in the Daily Mirror…

The Face Of The National

A photograph of Grand National jockey Katie Walsh has won the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photography Prize. The award and £12,000 prize money was awarded to photographer Spencer Murphy at the National Portrait Gallery. The image of Katie…

Seabass Clear Favourite For 2013 Grand National

It's been happening all week, the odds for Seabass have slowly but surely shortening to the point where this morning Katie Walsh was tying with her brothers mount On his OWn for the position of race favourite. [Racecard Seabass] At one…

Seabass Makes Seasonal Return

Last year's third place finisher, Seabass, is on course for a seasonal return to the track as he gets an entry for the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown on February 9th, just days before the BHA Handicapper announces the weights for this years…

Ted Walsh

Ted Walsh is most famous these days for his 2000 Grand National win with Papillon, trained by himself and ridden by his son Ruby. His victory by one and a half lengths from Mely Moss, was the winning debut in the National for Ruby and was also…

All In The Family

The recent marriage of top female jockey Nina Carberry to Ted Walsh Jnr has opened up an intriguing possibility in that one family could come to dominate the 2012 Grand National winners podium and as unlikely as it sounds, the top three finishing…