Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te whai a Willie Mullins ki te whakakotahi i te toa toa a Ruby Walsh ki a Ballycasey i te Grand National i te Paenga-whāwhā 11 i te mea ko te kaiwhakaako anake e tumanako ana ki te mea nui i Aintree i runga i te tangata ke. I tangohia e Mullins ana atu kaikawe pea ko Boston Bob raua ko Prince De Beauchene i te Turei. Engari e whakapono ana te tangata o Irirangi ko ngā āhuatanga me te tere tere ake i Aintree kia pai ki a Ballycasey, ahakoa kāore ngā kaihanga petipeti me ngā kaitākaro i te kite i te reira i te ara kotahi. Ko Ruby Walsh i runga i a Ballycasey i mua i to rātau tuatoru i te whakataetae Betfair Ascot Chase o Hui-tanguru - e titiro ana te tokorua nei ki te whakakotahi mo te Grand National o te 11 o Aperira i Aintree. E whakapono ana te kaiako a Willie Mullins ka eke a Ballycasey (matau) ki te tawhiti i Aintree engari kaore nga kaihoko petipeti e whakaae ana. 'Kei te whakaaro ahau, i te mea he pai nga mea katoa, ka eke a Ruby,' e ai ki The Guardian. 'E aroha ana ia ki taua momo whenua e whiwhi ai rātau i te nuinga o te wā, me haere ia i te haerenga, ā, ki taku whakaaro he pai ake tana hoiho i te puna. E whakaaro ana mātou he taumaha pai tana.' I te wā whakamutunga i eke ai a Walsh ki a Ballycasey, i te whakataetae Ryanair Stakes i te Hākari o Cheltenham, i whakaarahia e te kaieke Irish te tamaiti waru tau. 'Kāore ia i pupuhi i te rā, ā, kāore a Ruby i hari ki a ia mai i te tīmatanga,' ka mea a Mullins. 'Tērā pea ka pai ki a ia te tere o te National. E tūmanako ana mātou ka pai ake tana mahi i runga i te ara papatahi.' Ko te toa toa toa 20 o te tau AP McCoy ka eke ki Shutthefrontdoor i te Grand National. Kei te 50-1 a Ballycasey ki nga kaihanga pukapuka nui, tae atu ki te 100-1 i te wa e Shutthefrontdoor, ko te haerenga pea mo te toa toa toa 20 wa a AP McCoy, i roto i nga mea pai i mua i a Rocky Creek, Balthazar King me The Druids Nephew. I wikitoria a Walsh i te Grand National i tana whakamatau tuatahi i te tau 2000 i runga i a Papillon, i whakangunguhia e tona papa a Ted Walsh, ana ko te wikitoria whakamutunga i reira i runga i nga taiapa 30 mo Mullins i te 2005 i runga i Hedgehunter.
Ka eke a Ruby Walsh ki runga i a Ballycasey i te Grand National i te 11 o Aperira. Kua tangohia atu e Mullins a Boston Bob rāua ko Prince De Beauchene i te whakataetae. He 100 ki te 1 a Ballycasey ki ētahi kaituku petipeti engari me haere tonu.