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Katie Walsh says times are changing for racing ahead of Grand National Share
Betway and
Katie Walsh and current competitor
Tom Scudamore, who each gave a different perspective on the significance of the
Grand National.
Walsh is one of the most successful women to have ever competed in racing, having achieved over 100 wins including the Irish Grand National, focused on the history of female jockeys, and their fortunes in the UK Grand National.
“Any child who was lucky enough to have a pony growing up has ridden the Grand National a thousand times in their head, hoping that one day it might happen in real life.
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Tiger Roll will forever be remembered as a Grand National great but the dual Aintree winner has a legitimate claim to be considered the best Cheltenham Festival horse of all time, too.
No other equine competitor has achieved such varied success at the festival. He won the 2014 Triumph Hurdle as a four-year-old, added the National Hunt Chase in 2017, and has landed two of the last three runnings of this. His only defeat in the race was when he came a good second last year.
His 17-length defeat by Easysland last season has been followed by three disappointing runs and that has prompted owners Gigginstown to rule out a third Grand National bid and conclude that he s clearly not as good as he was . But is that true?
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