Sales reject Aforementioned takes dramatic Munster National

Hampered at the first fence, where his rider, Gavin Brouder, was left with both legs on one side of the horse, he recovered quickly and, as the race unfolded, made steady progress through the field

Aforementioned and Gavin Brouder (left) jump the last on the way to winning the JT McNamara Ladbrokes Munster National Handicap Chase. Picture: Healy Racing

Aforementioned returned to Gordon Elliott after being unsold at last month’s horses-in-training sales and what a stroke of luck that has proven to be for connections of the seven-year-old.

A couple of weeks after his unsuccessful spin around the ring, the Gigginstown House Stud-owned horse won a rated novice chase at Clonmel, but it got even better today at Limerick when he took the featured JT McNamara Ladbrokes Munster National in Limerick.