Ted Walsh reflects on 'privilege' of training Any Second Now

The 13-year-old will now join fellow JP McManus-owned luminaries at the owner's Martinstown Stud in retirement, with Walsh delighted he will head off to what he termed a 'five-star hotel' for horses

FINAL FURLONG: Any Second Now, right, chases home Haiti Couleurs in the Irish Grand National on Monday.  Picture: Healy Racing

Ted Walsh has described training Any Second Now as "a privilege" after the stalwart of the Irish staying chasing scene brought the curtain down on his career at Fairyhouse on Monday.

Owned by JP McManus, the 13-year-old was bidding to become the first teenager since Overshadow in 1953 to win the Irish Grand National, finishing runner-up for the second successive year, this time behind Rebecca Curtis' Haiti Couleurs — a typically brave effort which would ultimately be his final outing.