STRANGE the way that life works out. In the 1998 Irish Grand National, Bobbyjo beat Papillon by a half a length, the pair of them clear.

The following year, Bobbyjo won the Aintree Grand National, representing the father/son Carberry team, trained by Tommy Carberry, ridden by his son Paul, the first Irish-trained Grand National winner since L’Escargot in 1975, who was trained by Dan Moore and ridden by his son-in-law, the same Tommy Carberry.