• Bashboy fights off challenge of Thubiaan to seal record third triumph
• Walsh has now won five countries’ Grand Nationals
Ruby Walsh has made the most of his three-day trip to Australia,riding Bashboy to a record third Australian Grand National at Ballarat in Victoria on Sunday.
The champion Irish Jump jockey was asked to buy the ride on Bashboy after his regular jockey Steven Pateman was suspended, and victory in Australia means Walsh has now won five countries’ Grand Nationals, and having previously won the English,Irish, Welsh and Scottish Nationals.
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Source: theguardian.com