TWO and a half years after he won he Grade 1 Sefton Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree, The Worlds End claimed another top-level success when he landed the Marsh Hurdle, better known as The Long Walk Hurdle, at Ascot.

The eight-year-old son of Stowaway was bred by Jerome Sheehan and sold as a three-year-old at the Goffs Land Rover Sale for €20,000 to Monbeg Stables. He is now a bumper winner, successful six times over hurdles, and in between his two Grade 1 successes he won two of his five outings over fences. Incidentally, he fell on his only outing in a point-to-point, perhaps in hindsight a pointer for his future career!