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Irish Trained Winners of The National – A Legacy of Success

In recent years the Irish have had incredible success at the Aintree Grand National but its association and links go much deeper than that. In fact it was two Irish fox-hunting gentlemen, Edmund Bake and Cornelius O’Callaghan, who coined…
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Ruby Walsh – Grand National Winning Jockey

Ruby Walsh was one of the most famous and successful jockeys in the world. He is the son of the former champion amateur jockey Ted Walsh and brother to jockey Katie Walsh. He won his first Irish amateur title in 1996/7 at just 18 years of age.…

New Injured Jockeys Charity Established

With National Hunt Racing as prevalent in Ireland as it is in the UK, it's great news that a brand new injured jockeys charity has been established there with champion jockey Ruby Walsh announced as chairman of its board. Irish Injured Jockeys,…

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…
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2000 Grand National Results

The 2000 Grand National was an all Irish affair with Jockey Ruby Walsh riding to victory on Irish chaser Papillon. Papillon became the second consecutive Irish horse to win following Bobbyjo's success last year. Walsh and his father, trainer…