Cork win for 'daft' Kildorrery

Ted Walsh ventured south on Irish Grand National Day today as the Kildorrery 'chapter' received another update, with victory in Cork Racecourse Mallow's Coolmore N.H. Sires Mogul Handicap Chase.

Kildorrery's previous win was in October 2018 and today was left clear by the fall of chasing Nelly's Money at the second-last, scoring eased-down from R'evelyn Pleasure

TV pundit Walsh's family traces to the Co Cork village of Kildorrery where his father Ruby Walsh was born, and today said “he is owned by a lovely lady Denise Entenmann who was married to a late cousin of mine and lives in Long Island.”

He added “the race fell asunder - six-runners, take your time and if he didn't win today you could raffle him. Whatever danger was there fell at the second last.

“Shane (O'Callaghan, winning jockey) kept him together nicely and he is not an easy horse to win on. Shane is there in the yard all the time and rides a bit for Ross (O'Sullivan, son-in-law) as well and is a good claimer.”

Walsh expanded “unfortunately his mother (Killeen Castle) was a bit daft and I stupidly sent her to Arakan who is a bit daft. If you cross a daft father with a daft mother you get a daft child.

“That is the first time he has gone anywhere that's not half an hour from home and he's very lucky I didn't turn around, a couple of times, coming down. He is a rotten traveller who would nearly lie down in a box. I've had to turn around and come home with him twice in the past.”

It was Walsh's second runner since his Any Second Now's agonising second-place effort in the recent Aintree Grand National.