Seabass to have another crack at Grand National

Another crack at the Crabbie’s Grand National is the dream for connections of Seabass after the 12-year-old rolled back the years with victory at Thurles on Sunday.

The Ted Walsh-trained gelding has had more than his fair share of problems but had been giving the right signs following a comeback run at Punchestown two weeks earlier, his first race for 21 months.

Seabass showed the benefit of that outing and that he was far from being a back number when running away from his younger rivals to take a novice hurdle over two and a half miles in the hands of Katie Walsh.