Grade 1-winning chaser Rubi Light has been retired, trainer Robbie Hennessy has announced.

The 11-year-old has been a stalwart of the jumping scene in Ireland and enjoyed his finest hour when winning the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase in 2011. He also claimed back-to-back runnings of the Grade 2 Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park.

He won eight races in total in Ireland, and among his placed efforts was a third to Albertas Run and Kalahari King in the 2011 Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. His final start saw him finish sixth in a handicap chase at Gowran in March.

Hennessy said: "I've had to retire Rubi Light as I can't get him sound. He's in one piece and will do the racehorse-to-riding classes now, but has been difficult to train the past couple of years.

"He has been a great horse for us and is now out in a field with Sublimity (winner of the Champion Hurdle in 2007), so that makes two Grade 1 winners out in a field at home."