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Horse racing: 2000 Grand National winner
Papillon dead at 26
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[ May 04, 2017]
LONDON (Reuters) - Papillon, the
horse that gave Irish jockey Ruby Walsh his first Grand National win in
2000 at the first attempt, has died at the age of 26. |
Grand National winner, Papillon examines his victors rug in his homeyard
in Kill, County Kildare, April 9. Papillon, trained by Ted Walsh and
ridden by his son Ruby won the Grand National at Aintree, giving a
second successive victory to the Irish. |
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Walsh, who also won the race at Aintree in 2005 with
Hedgehunter, was 20 at the time.
"It's sad news but he gave me the greatest day of my racing life
when he won the Grand National with Ruby on in 2000. That's 17
years ago now but it doesn't seem that long ago," Walsh's
trainer and father Ted told racinguk.com.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Larry King)
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