HedgeHunter Retires

Hedgehunter the winner of the 2005 John Smith’s Grand National, has been retired. The 12-year-old, trained by Willie Mullins and ridden by Ruby Walsh, finished runner up in both the Aintree spectacular and the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup the following year.

In a career that spanned 40 races and total prize money of nearly £785,000, Hedgehunter lined up at Aintree no less than five times and finished 13th in his last race Saturday.

Mullins told the Racing Post: “I spoke with Trevor Hemmings this morning and we agreed that now was a good time for Hedgehunter to be retired..