• Leopardstown victory brings back time of top jockey’s retirement
• Ruby Walsh falls from Willie Mullins-trained Valseur Lido on dash-inTony McCoy was back in the winner’s enclosure after the Irish Gold Cup here on Saturday,and so too was Carlingford Lough, the horse who had given him his first win in the race 12 months ago 24 hours after he had announced his impending retirement. This time around, and McCoy applauded from the sidelines as Mark Walsh rode the 20-1 chance to a dramatic and unlikely success,which seemed so unlikely with one fence to jump that Carlingford Lough hit Betfair’s maximum price of 999‑1 in running.
Walsh had anchored Carlingford Lough at the rear of the field throughout and was still several lengths adrift of his closest rival as they jumped the second final. He was still final turning for domestic, but made ground so rapidly in the straight that he was a couple of lengths adrift as Valseur Lido and Road To Riches jumped the final.
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Source: theguardian.com